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Number 22: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggrieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1953
Brice Five Cents
Sulea Yancey
Date—S. W. Johnson
I)i Ann Boulware
Date—David Wilkinson
Patricia Martin
Date—Don L. Carey
Jonetta Lovell
Date—Key Kolb
Chere Swenson
Date—Robin Ransone
Kue Pinalle
Air Force Dance
Set for Saturday
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion News Editor
I The Air Force Ball, set to start
I at 9 p.m. Saturday in Sbisa Hall
I highlights the first “big” weekend
I of the spring ‘social season.’
In addition to the first formal
fe ball, Caef Rue Pinalle will aid in
I making the weekend an eventful
I one. A Southwest Conference bas-
i ketball game matching the Aggies
I against the Rice Owls begins at 8
I p.m. Saturday in DeWare Field
House.
H Five sweetheart candidates havm
f been selected by a committee of
I Air Force cadets. Another “mys-
I tery” candidate will be chosen at
I the Ball Saturday night by t w o
K secret judges.
An all-athlete floor show is sla-
. ted for Cafe Rue Pinalle at 8:80
tonight. The French-style cafe
opens its doors for the first time
this semester in the MSC games
Jtrea near the bowling alley.
John (Dukey) Childs, senior yell
leader, will be master of ceremon-
| ies for the-program.
Admission to the night club is
00 cents.
Aggies Can’t Win Crown
Although the Aggies can’t win
the SWC basketball title, they are
in a position to knock some of the
I leaders out of the running. Gene
Schwinger, sharp-shooting Rice
forward who is second in confer
ence scoring, will be the man for
the Cadets to stop tomorrow night.
In the Fish - Owlet game begin-
^ rung at 6:30 p.m., John Fortenber
ry, fleet Aggie forward, could con-
CC Committees
ft'
Approved for 1953
College Station Development
Committee and Chamber of Com-
Jnerce 1953 committee assign
ments have been announced at a
nmbined meeting of the two or
ganizations.
Opening date for the associa
tion’s membership drive was set
for the first part of April. A com
mittee was appointed to prepare
a budget to be presented at the
next meeting.
Committee chairman for 1953
are as follows: agriculture, R. D.
, Lewis; business development, H.
E. Burgess and H. A. Miller;
church, Mrs. W. D. Lloyd; city
planning, Ernest Langford; civic
development, R. F. White; confer
ences, F. W. Hensel and H. L.
Boyer; education, Mrs. F. R. Bri-
son; finance, Harold Sullivan.
Inter-city H. W. Barlow; mem
bership, N. M. McGinnis; public
health, J. H. Sorrels; publicity, D.
D. Burchard; recreation, F. G. An
derson.
Weather Today
WARMER
WEATHER TODAY: Clear and
warmer. The low this morning
jvas 35 degrees.
tinue his coring spree of averaging
20 points per game.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
provide music for the ball, which
will last until 12 p.m.
Army seniors may attend the
dance by paying one dollar admis
sion charge.
Coming next on the spring dance
schedule is the Junior Prom on
Feb. 28; the Third Division Ball,
March 7; and the Military Ball,
March 28.
Rev. Collier Picked
For Puryear Talks
The Rev. Gordon Collier, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
in Alpine, will lead forum and
discussion groups for Puryear,
Law, and Mitchell Halls during
RE week, Feb. 15-20.
Sessions will be held in the
lounge of Puryear Hall at 4:30 and
7 p. m.
Rev. Collier, a native of Forest
Hill, was graduated from Texas
Wesleyan College in Fort Worth
and McCormick Theological Sem
inary in Chicago.
He was pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Jacksboro, un
til 1948, when he assumed the di
rectorship of the Westminister
Foundation in Denton. He served
Collier
Howard
in that position until last year,
when he went to his present post.
An experienced youth worker, he
has been a leader in many youth
conferences and is a member of
the Christian Education committee
of the Synod of Texas.
Discussion sessions for Walton
Hall will be led by Dr. Herbert R.
Howard, pastor of the Park Cities
Baptist Church in Dallas.
Born in Troy, Ala., he attended
Alabama State College for two
years before transferring to How
ard College in Birmingham, Ala.,
where he received his bachelor of
arts degree in 1938.
Enters Seminary
He entered the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminai’y in Louisville,
Ky., that year at the same time
became pastor of the Wallaceton
Baptist Church, Wallaceton, Ky.
Wallaceton, Ky.
In 1943 Dr. Howard went to the
Vine Grove Baptist Church in Vine
Grove, Ky., and in 1944 he receiv
ed his doctor of theology degree.
He majored in Christian sociology.
Becoming pastor of Immanuel
Baptist Church, Tulsa, Okla., on
Sept. 1, 1944, he served there till
he took his present position in
February, 1948.
College Officials Meet
To Plan High School Day
A&M’s high School Day will be
discussed Monday by college offi
cials in the dean of men’s office.
High School Day will be held here
March 13-14 in coordination with
Sports Day.
Officials attending will be W.
L. Penberthy, dean of men; David
H. Morgan, dean of the college;
H. L. Heaton, registrar; E. E.
McQuillen, head of the Develop
ment Fund; Barlow (Bones) Ir
vin, athletic director; J. B. (Dick)
Hervey, secretary of the FSA;
Bishop Clements of the informa-
Duncan Dismisses
Nine Aggie Waiters
Nine student waiters wei’e dis
missed from their jobs at Duncan
Dining Hall this week, said Jerry
Crane, chief headwaiter.
Three headwaiters and two
doormen were reduced to regular
waiters causing a cut in their pay,
Crane said. The dismissed waiters
were selected from those students
who needed their jobs the least,
Crane said.
John G. Peniston, supervisor of
subsistence, said the reduction in
the dining hall staff was caused by
the drop in enrolment and not by
the closing of Duncan East Wing.
One waiter is required for every
30 students, he said.
tion office; H. L. Boyer, head of
the housing office; C. G. (Spike)
White and W. D. (Pete) Hardesty,
both of Student Activities.
“All students who know someone
who may wish to attend High
School Day should fill out a form
by March 2, giving the person’s
name and address,” Penberthy
said.
High school students will be
housed in dormitories with student
home town friends if there is a
vacancy. Otherwise the Housing
Office will assign another room.
A program will be held in Guion
Hall from 9-11 a. m. March when
visitors will meet college officials
and student leaders. After the
program, there will be a tour of
the campus. Meals will be provid
ed in both dining halls. The major
activities except the track event
will be held that evening.
All visitors’ expenses will be
paid except meals. Former stu
dents are supplying transporta
tion.
RVs March Tuesday
In Mardi Gras Parade
The Ross Volunteers, leave to
morrow to march Feb. 17 in the
New Orleans Mardi Gras parade.
They will be accompanied by
Maj. H. O. Johnson and Maj. C. C.
Waddell of the military depart
ment.
Reception to Greet
RE Week Leaders
A reception for Religious Em
phasis Week leaders, scheduled
Sunday from 4 to 5:30 p. m. in
the president’s home, will initiate
the week’s activities.
Dr. R. E. Goodrich, principal
speaker for the week, will arrive
here Monday morning.
The first of five RE Week
morning services will start at 10
a. m. Monday. All classes will be
dismissed so students may attend.
President M. T. Harrington will
introduce all RE Week leaders at
that time.
Special Music
During the program, Dx\ Good
rich will speak on “How to Handle
Doubt.” Special music, meditation,
and group singing, led by Larry
Eisenberg, will conclude the pro-
gram.
Throughout the week RE lead
ers and Inter-Faith Council mem
bers will eat the noon meal in
the banquet room of Sbisa Dining
Hall and discuss progress of the
religious activities.
Group discussion sessions will
be held at 4:30 all week in every
dormitory lounge. At these meet
ings students should bring up any
subject they want to hear dis
cussed. One leader will be iri each
discussion group to answer ques
tions.
After Supper Sessions
After supper sessions will be
held in each lounge to discuss top
ics selected by students earlier in
the year.
“Men and Women Relation
ships,” which was rated second
on the campus wide topic prefer
ence poll, will be discussed Monday
in these sessions.
RE Week
An RE Week leader will live in
each dormitory with a lounge
throughout the week. They will
be available for individual coun
seling at any time.
During the week classes will be
dismissed at 10 a. m. on Monday
and Tuesday, 11 a. m. on Wednes
day and Thursday, and 9 a. m. on
Friday so students may attend the
services, President Harrington
said.
AF
9
New Program
Test For ROTC
More than 1,000 A&M ROTC cadets will bo guinea pigs
Feb. 23-29 in a US Army and Air Force testing program.
A&M is one of five schools in the nation selected to
help develop a criteria in selecting outstanding high school
graduates for possible federal subsidization in future ROTC
programs.
The research project, headed by Dr. Ernest C. Tuper of
the Human Resources Research Center, Personnel Research
Laboratory at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, will
be used as a basis for giving Army and Air Force ROTC
scholarships similar to the Navy’s ROTC program now in
operation. NROTC cadets attend summer camps each year
and serve in the regular Navy for two years after commission
ing.
Col. Shelley P. Myers, PMS&T, said that the tests would
be given to about 800 seniors, and :
200 freshmen, sophomores and ju
niors will receive a one-hour exam
ination. Plans are still tentative,
concerning the freshman te'St, he
said.
Three Class System
These results taken with others
obtained from the University of
Kentucky, Oklahoma A&M, Ohio
State and Cornell University will
be used by the AF and Army to
set up a three class grading sys
tem, Myers said.
Incoming students who take the
examination and place in the first
class will be eligible to receive
room, board, tuition up to $600 a
year and $60 a month for expenses
provided they plan to enter the
Regular Army. Students in Class
No. 2 will receive room, board, tu
ition up to $600 a year and $50 a
month for expenses. The students
who finish in Class No. 3 may en
roll in the regular type of ROTC,
now being used by the Air Force
and Army. They will receive the
90 cents a day subsistence pay.
Every student in each class will get
their uniforms.
Senate Voting
Starts Today
Students living in Bizzell,
Law, and Mitchell Halls and
all juniors, will vote today for
representatives to the Student
Senate.
The election booth will be
open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
the MSC, by the postoffice en
trance, according to Charles
(Bubba) Blank, co-chairman of
the Election Commission.
Ray Shanklin and Seymour
J. Smith are running for sen
ator from Bizzell Hall, with
E. L. Hansen and Edward H.
Hill opposing each other . in
Law Hall. Wallace B. Birkes
is unopposed for Mitchell Hall
senator.
One junior senator will be
chosen from the following:
Nick Alexander, Hollie Lee
Briscoe, Denny Cole, Charles
Douglas Foxworth, Frank
Jochimsen, Larry Joyce, Ed
Keeling, Victor R. Kennedy,
Ralph D. Mathis.
Pete Mayeaux, Albert Duane
Scott, Bill C. Shepard, Norman
E. Sliva, Leland Smith, Ed
Stern, Gil T. Stribling, Bob
Willmann, and Bill Young.
Junior Ball
To Be Held
In Sbisa Hall
Banquet tickets for the Junior
Ball will be taken off sale at 5
p. m. Feb. 23, said W. D. (Pete)
Hardesty, business manager of
Student Activities.
Dance tickets also will be sold
at the door, he said. Banquet tick
ets are $1.50 a person, and a $2
admission fee, stag or drag, will
be charged at the dance.
Both the dance and banquet will
be in Sbisa Hall Feb. 28. The ban
quet will begin at 6:30 p. m., and
the dance at 9 p. m.
Ticket salesmen for the ball are
E. V. Smith, 1-319, R. D. W. I.
Ford, 2-220, Wayne Finlev, 3-310,
R. W. Palmer, 4-205, Nick Alex
ander, 5-221, John C. Akard, 6-212.
Tommy Theriot, 7-213, Jerry
Ledwig, 8-215, Smoky Todd, 9-108,
Buddy Fincher, 10-422, Jake Lan
ders, 11-207, Pete Wright, 12-300,
Lester Smith in the third division
area, and Student Activities.
Aggie Players to Give
‘Stalag 17’ March 2-3
By BOB PALMER
Battalion Staff Writer
: The Aggie Players will present
-‘Stalag 17,” a three-act comedy
and mystery melodrama, in Guion
Hall, March 2-3.
This play which went on the
road recently after appearing on
Broadway is being presented cur
rently in Baltimore, said C. K.
Esten, faculty advisor for the Play
ers. a
The local group will be the first
amateur actors in the southwest
to present the play, Esten added.
Centering around a group of
American soldiers imprisoned in a
German concentration camp dui’ing
World War II, the play unfolds a
complicated plot.
An American, acting as a Ger
man agent, is placed in the men’s
barracks to get information for the
Nazis.
Former Chaplain
Ray Sends
RE Message
Best wishes for a successful
Religious Emphasis Week
were sent to A&M students
and faculty members from
2nd Lt. C. L. Ray, corps chap
lain last year. Lt. Ray is now
stationed at Keesler AFB,
Miss.
His telegram read as fol
lows :
“It is my sincere wish that
you have one of the most in
spirational religious Emphasis
Weeks that A&M College has
ever had. The world needs
men of strong character now
more than ever. May each of
you receive divine guidance
in your thoughts for the forth
coming week.
“God’s richest blessings to
each of you.”
The American’s escape attempts
and the mystery surrounding the
German agent provide many enter
taining moments during the play,
said Esten.
Included in the cast will be Bill
Witty, Dave Parnell, Raoul Roth,
Sherwin Rubin, Bill Williams, Vic
Robinson, Jim Baggaley, Roger
Melton, B. B. Smith, and Jerry Mc
Farland.
Others in the cast will be Bill
Withers, Roger Sherman, Glenn
Whitley, Bill Stewart, Bob Easley,
and Harry Gooding. ,
Stage manager for the play will
be Mrs. David H. Morgan. Iris
Bullard, Virginia Lemmons, and
John Samuels are publicity direc
tors. Lighting for the play will be
handled by J. L. Shanks.
Tickets for the play may be pur
chased at the door for 50 cents.
Students in Classes No. 1 and 2
probably will have to attend sum
mer camps and have to serve in
the armed forces for two years,
following comissioning, the PMS&T
sai d.
Myers said he was not sure as
to the time a student would have to
serve on active duty since the bill
which could make such a program
possible is “only proposed legisla
tion, pending in Congress.” Some
sources said the time would run to
four years.
Three tests will be given to the
seniors. They will cover various
topics, including criteria ratings,
attitudes, and an ROTC personnel
survey, and physical proficiency.
MSC - Gonzalez
Art School Will
Start Monday
Xavier Gonzalez, one of the
best 15 artists in the United-
States, will be here Monday,
to conduct a two-week art
school in’the MSC.
The school is sponsored by the
Art Gallery under the supervision
of Mi’s. Emalita Newton Terry, art
instructor.
Glasses will be held from 9 a.m.
to 12 noon on Mondays, Wednes
days, and Fridays, with one lecture
each week and criticism sessions on
Saturday.
Persons interested in enrolling
may do so by Monday, Mrs. Terry
said.
Regular classes will be taught.
Sketches, and work will be done
in the field or the studio. Gon
zalez will paint from the model,
landscape or still life, explaining
as he works, the various tech
niques employed, the methods, the
selections, the personality of the
individual in relation to the sub
ject, and the limitations of the
painter.
Gonzalez, a native of Spain, is
a naturalized American citizen. He
is widely known as a painter and
tearher.
Mothers Club Proxies
Meet in MSC Feb. 28
Board members of the A&M
Federated Mothers Club will meet
here Feb. 28.
About 60 mothers’ club presi
dents will participate. The meeting
will be held in the MSC Birch
Room.
A second meeting is scheduled
May 9 in the MSC,