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Number 27: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 195?
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Student-! ^acul ty
Relations Outshine
Chest Benefit lilt
Cettoring student and faculty
relations stole the spotlight yes
terday from a Campus Chest bene
fit basketball game request at the
[student Life Committee (SLC)
Itaee ting.
s Discussions on improving the re
lations between the two groups in-
ieluded the following suggestions:
® Elimination of the apple-pol
ishing attitude caused when stu
dents go to see instructors for ad
ditional help. This may be done
through the use of compulsory
conferences. .
© More investigation by the
subcommittee and possibilities of
presenting report of recommenda
tions to the Academic Council and
the Commandant’s office.
Dr. S. S. Morgan, head of tlm
English department, said all fresh
men are required to have confei^
ences in their English courses. He
said: “If we can destroy the rowdy
attitude that a student only wants
a personal advantage in seeing his
instructor, I think we will have ac
complished a greal deal.”
Morgan suggested that the com
pany commanders recommend ca
dets see their instructors when
having trouble in different courses.
Conferences Help
Councilman Lyle Wolfskill said
compulsory conferences did help
eliminate this attitude. He cited
the freshman English course as
the only example of compulsory
student and'instructor conferences.
In other business, the SLC:
© Approved the sponsorship of
a 12th-Man Air Force and Army
basketball benefit by the Campus
Chest committee of the Student
Senate, but declined a Cadet pro
posal to split future 12th-Man
football bowl game benefits.
Harold Hudspeth presented the
request. Barlow (Bones) Irvin
suggested that a football bowl
game date be set at the next SLC
meeting.
® Alloted only $1,275 of the
$1,525 asked by the student wel
fare and recreation subcommittee
for the dormitory athletic equip
ment fund. The $250, which would
be used in buying footballs, was
kept in the fund to keep it at a
$2,000 level, the amount promised
by the SLC to be used in filming
a story about A&M. Further in
quiry as to the production of the
movie will determine whether or
not the money will be given, the
committee agreed.
® Accepted the Academic
Council’s report approving the
Who’s Who Among Students in
American Universities and Col
leges selections.
• Approved the presentation of
Who’s Who keys and cortificates
at the Senior Ring Banquet, May
16. Keys were paid for by the
SLC.
® Postponed action on rear
ranging the annual college calen
dar.
Senate Committee Okeys Bill
For Compulsory .Activity Fee
Students Believe
Week Is ‘Great
John Scott
Noted Reporter
To Speak Here
John Scott, a Time, Inc.
correspondent who recently
returned from Europe and
Africa, will speak on “Amer*-
ica’s Impact on Europe,” Fri
day March 6 at 7:30 p. m. in the
MSC Ballroom. His talk is spon
sored by the Journalism Club, no
admission will be charged.
At times an author, editor, and
chief of various overseas bureaus
for Ti,me and Life, Scott is
currently on tour of American col
leges and universities. He has had
many experiences in Europe and
especially in the USSR.
He spent nine years in the Sov
iet Union during the ’30s working
in industrial plants. Forced to
quit work in 1937, Scott stayed in
Russ i a as correspondent for
HAVAS, the French news agency.
Can Be Put To Good Use
Profs Say They Approve
Recent Student Rating Poll
By BILL ROGERS
Battalion Staff Writer
Religious Emphasis Week is the
greatest occasion of all the year’s
events, said Berke Sorelle, agri
cultural engineering major from
Canyon, when asked his opinion
on the value of last week’s reli
gious services.
“More time should be devoted to
religion and religious work on the
campus,” he continued.
Sorelle was one of the five stu
dents asked if he thought the
week was worthwhile, and if the
benefits from it justified dismiss
ing of classes.
“Good deal,” said Henry Park-
man, sophomore architecture maj
or from Houston. “I attended all
the services and believe I got a
lot out of it.”
RE A Good Thing
R. C. Fisher, a senior account
ing major from Baytown, thought
it was a good thing to have and
that the boys got a lot out of it.
These programs provide an op
portunity for students to think,
said Fisher. It is easy to get out
By BOB HENDRY
and
JON KINSLOW
Battalion News Staff
Opinions of several professors
flowed the majority of those in
terviewed were in favor of stu-
fents rating professors.
Most of the professors inter-
, Viewed agreed that on the whole
the ratings could be put to good
use. However, each felt that cer
tain considerations should be made
in order to get a fair understand-
fjng of the ratings.
“The overall rating is pretty
good, but I think the personal re
marks should be left off,” said
M. S. Kavanaugh of the psychol
ogy department.
He also said the ratings have
‘greatly strained’ student-faculty
relationships.
Students Should Criticize
W. E. "Koss of the mathematics
department said the students
criticize a professor before the
ratings, and not use the ratings
to get even.
Sharing the opposite view, J. A.
Dabbs of tbe modem languages
department said the ratings were
all right.
“A good teacher should be flex
ible enough to impi - ove any bad
teaching habits brought out by
the students,” Dabbs said.
Another professor in the modern
languages department, E. M.
light Rain and Clouds
Dominate Local Skies
A norther preceded by cold winds
will probably arrive in College Sta
tion late tonight or early in the
morning.
The cold front is moving over
fWest Texas at the present, and is
sending its chilly winds down over
the southern part of the state, the
CAA weather station at Easter-
.wood Airport reported.
Skies around College Station will
continue to be cloudy with a low
ceiling throughout today. Light
rain and drizzle is expected off
and on during the next 24 hours.
Huge banks of water-bearing
Weather Today
POSSIBLY COLDER
WEATHER TODAY: Light rains
and possibly lower temperatures
late tonight or earlytomorrow. The
low this morning was 39 and the
high yesterday 45*
clouds that came from the gulf
coast Monday night ran into freez
ing temperatures over the South
Plains and produced rain, sleet and
snow.
The clouds had drifted over the
entire state, bringing widespread
light rains to sun-seared farm and
ranch lands and water-hungry
cities and towns.
But in the South Plains, as far
south as Lamesa and north to
Levelland and Whiteface the gentle
rains turned to sleet and then snow,
turning roads into dangerous, icy
strips.
Temperatures weren’t forecast
much below freezing in Texas’ ice
box—the South Plains and the Pan
handle. Elsewhere in the state,
they were expected to range high
er.
Singing Cadets Set
Texas Tour Dates
The Singing Cadets, directed by
Bill Turner, will give three con
certs in Texas during March spon
sored by the A&M Mothers clubs.
Their first concert will be given
in the high school auditorium at
Brownwood March 12; Amarillo, in
the Amarillo College auditorium
on March 13 and at Sherman,
March 14, in the Municipal audi
torium. The concerts commence at
8 p. m.
Foster Gray, Bryan, is presi
dent; Jeridan Strong, Velasco,
vice president; Don Friend, Brown-
wood, librarian; Bill Wiseman, Du
mas, reporter-historian and John
Hildebrand, Houston, is business
manager*
Stack, took a lighter view on
students ratings.
“If the A&M livestock judging
team can get only sixth place in
a contest involving its specialty,
how can Aggies expect to judge
professors?” Stack said. “How
are they going to know if we are
good bull?”
Creswell Pleased
H. S. Creswell, assistant pro
fessor of English, said", “I can see
advantages and disadvantages of
the rating system. However, I am
pleased with my rating.”
One professor especially liked
the students’ comments. Dr. T. F.
Mayo of the English department
said the criticisms were very well
thought out and could help him be
come a better teacher.
“Thei’e was not a single point
that wasn’t well taken,” he said.
Dr. C. C. Doak, head of the
biology department, said he
thought it was a good idea to dis
cuss the results of the ratings with
his present students. He said they
had been most helpful as a teach
ing device for his present survey
courses in biology.
“To get a fair opinion of the
ratings you should consider how
many students did the rating,”
said Dr. Doak.
Cotton Court
To Be Selected
King Cotton and his court
will be selected at the special
meeting of the Agronomy Soc
iety tonight, said Dale Fisch-
grabe, president.
The King and his court will go
to TSCW March 7 to select the
Queen and her escorts, he said.
Members of the society visited
TSCW Feb. 19-20 to make final
plans for the coming Cotton Ball,
Fischgrabe said.
They met with Dean Hufford,
dean of women at TSCW, to make
arrangements for the selection of
the Queen and her court. Arrange
ments also were made concerning
entertainment and expenses, he
said.
Members making the trip were
Fischgrabe; Pat Hitt, vice-presi
dent; Glenn Black, social secre
tary; Clarence Watson, faculty
advisor; and Franses Ratten, di
rector.
This year there will be no style
show and the program will be
shorter although there will be
more entertainment.
The Aggieland Orchestra will
play at both the Pageant and the
Ball which will be held April 24.
Student wives and Agronomy
secretaries will furnish refresh
ments for the club meeting, Fisch
grabe said.
Ag Council Pictures
To Be Made Today
Agriculture Council pictures will
be made today at 5:30 p. m. on
the South steps of the new admin
istration building, said Glenn
Black, secretary.
of the habit of going to church,
and this type of service will bring
many back in line, he added.
The Services this year were ex
tra good, but many who did not
go missed out on a good thing,
said Jack Fritts, senior animal
husbandry major from Austin.
J. M. Gonzales, junior business
administration major from Laredo,
summed things up with, “It’s
good. Let’s just hope they keep
on having them.”
Employees Dance
Features Gilchrist
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist heads
the all-faculty talent show for the
College Employes Dinner Dance
club’s version of Rue Pinalle sche
duled for 8 p. m. Thursday, at the
MSC.
Capt. A. J. Armstrong will emcee
the event, which will begin with a
supper to be served by a corps of
waiters including Deans J. P. Ab
bott, W. L. Penberthy and David
H. Morgan and Col. Joe E. Davis,
commandant.
Boogie Busters Play
Featured attraction of the even
ing will be Dean H. W. (Bud)
Barlow’s Brazos Bottom: Boogie
Busters who will play intermittent
ly for dancing.
Chancellor Gilchrist, who will
Judges Notify
Card Champs
On March 15
National, regional and campus
champions of the National Inter
collegiate Bridge Tournament will
be announced by March 15. Six
A&M students competed in the
local tourney held Thursday in
the MSC.
L. L. Brawner, L. R. Bruce,
David Williams, Luke Senior,
James Rackel, and Warren Sex
ton are A&M’s contestants. Their
scorecards have been sent in to
the Tournament Committee, said
Gladys Black of the MSC staff,
who conducted the contest for
the MSC Bridge "Committee.
The scorecards, transcripts of
each trick, will be scored by Geof
frey Mott-Smith, contract bridge
authority.
Competing with college students
all over the country, the Aggies
played prearranged hands testing
their bidding skill as well as their
play. Judging will be on a basis
of play rather than an a won-lost
record.
Rice Institute won the national
championship last year.
Bill Leaps Biggest Hurdle
With Only Two Desenting Votes
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Co-Editor
AUSTIN, Feb. 23—The Senate state affairs committee
today approved a bill allowing Texas colleges and universities
to collect a compulsory student activity fee not to exceed $15
each semester.
With two descenting votes and no verbal opposition, the
bill passed what was predicted its biggest hurdle and was
sent back to the Senate for floor action.
Date for vote in the upper house is uncertain. An iden
tical bill passed the House education committee last week.
Both the House and Senate bill contain emergency clauses
which make it effective immediately after receiving the gov
ernor’s signature.
_ + Sen. Wayne Wagonseller of
Bowie and Sen. Carlos Ashley of
Llano requested their votes be re
corded “no.”
Although opposition to the meas
ure was anticipated by college of
ficials, no one was present to
speak against the bill.
Dr. J. G. Fowler, president of
Southwest Texas State Teachers
College at San Marcos, represent
ed the council of state college
presidents who had unanimously
approved the plan to authorize a
compulsory activity fee.
Harrington Speaks
Sponsor of the bill, Sen. Searcy
Bracewell, ’38, of Houston, invited
A&M President M. T. Harrington
to speak in favor of the proposed
legislative action.
Dr. Harrington said state col
leges and universities would be
criticized if they did not provide
these activities for students.
He emphasized the proposed bill
is permissive legislation and not
compulsory, for none of the A&M
System colleges have required pay
ment of the fee to its limit every
sciYiGster.
(See STUDENT ACTIVITY, p. 2)
play the mandolin, will be accom
panied by Mrs. Chris Groneman.
W. M. (Bill) Turner, director of
the Singing Cadets, will play a
trumpet solo, having as his accom
panist, R. J.. Baldauf, biology de
partment. Baldauf, who plays with
the Aggieland Combo, will also
entertain with several piano num
bers.
Maj. J. H. Barfield, militai'y
department, will sing popular
songs, Ed Harrington, electrical
engineering, will - sing Spanish
songs, providing his own accomp
animent on the guitar, and Mrs.
Walter Delaplane will give a read
ing.
Band Personnel
Personnel of the Boogie Busters
includes, besides Dean Dai'low,
Bob Fletcher, mechanical engineer
ing, Col. E. F. (Squiz) Sauer, mili
tary, Ralph Lee and Bob Alexan
der, chemistry, Carl Hartman,
English, Howard Curtis, mathema
tics, L. E. Spangler, horticulture,
and C. N. (Newt) Hielscher and
Dr. Earl H. Kirk, of Bryan.
In addition to the floor show,
other entei'tainment has been
planned for the occasion accord
ing to J. Wayne Stark, chairman
of the planning committee.
Because of space limitations,
reservations will be restricted.
Tickets will be on sale at the main
desk of the MSC until 2 p. m.
Wednesday unless the quota is fill
ed before that date.
Physical Ability Tests
Postponed Due to Rain
The tests for physical ability
on ROTC seniors have been post
poned indefinitely because of rain,
said Capt. Paul Bennett, Army
Operations Officer.
Most of the testing is being
done in the little gym. The test
consists of dips on the parallel
bars, 350-yard dash on a 10-yard
course and a basketball throw for
distance.
The dash and basketball throw
are conducted outside the gym.
German Course
For Grads Not
4&M Sponsored
German lessons for gradu
ate students, which may be
taught here by Dr. C. V. Pol
lard of the University of
T e x a s’ Germanic languages
department, will not be sponsored
by A&M.
Dr. J. J. Woolket, head of the
modern language department, said
the UT professor has no connec
tion with the modem languages de
partment or A&M.
Pollard has offered to teach
German to graduate students pre
paring for the examination in for
eign languages.
John H. Milliff of the veterinary
anatomy department said he wrote
the UT professor asking if he could
take Pollard’s German lessons.
Milliff said he is taking graduate
work through UT and must take
its German language examination.
Pollard answered the letter' say
ing he would teach the course in
College Station if enough students
wanted to take it, Milliff said.
Milliff said he has already had
A&M’s graduate course in German.
Since he must take the UT exami
nation, Milliff said he believed it
beneficial ' to review German
through the University professor - .
Dr. David H. Morgan, dean of
the college, said Pollard has made
no arrangements with A&M to
teach the German lessons. He will
not be allowed to use the college
classrooms for this purpose, Mor
gan said.
RVs Lead Mardi Gras Rex Parade
The Ross Volunteers march down Canal Street in New
Orleans as the lead unit in Rex Parade, a highlight of
Mardi Gras last week. The Aggies attended the final pre-
—Picture courtesy New Orleans Times-Picyune.
lenten celebrations in the crescent city in addition to march
ing in the parade. They were guests of the New Orleans
A&M Club at a luncheon while there.
Senate Cancels
Thursday Meeting
The Student Senate has cancel
ed its last meeting of the month
for this Thursday as planned, said
Bennie Zinn, assistant dean of
men.
This final bi-monthly meeting
was postponed during Religious
Emphasis Week, and was tonta-
| tively set for Feb. 26. The Sen
ate is scheduled for its regular
meeting March 5, so a meeting
this week will not be necessary,
said Zinn.
A complete agenda has not
been set, but the old business
will consist of final details on the
Campus Chest and the annual
Aggie Muster program, said Zinn,