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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents on Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Number 30: Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1953 Price Five Cents ! i pi i k > System Board' TZ" ^ ^ c ^ Meets Today jAm.ciIloclo On Campus Miss Fay Anderson Miss Jane Jersig iors Plan Big Weekend With Banquet And Dance A banquet, dance, and Cafe Rue Hancock Pancing School in Fort nished by the Aggieland Orches- Pinalle will monopolize junior class activities for the class of ’54’s big ■weekend. Rue Pinalle will start the gala weekend tonight with singing and (of a program featuring tap and ballet dances by dancers from Ross Worth. tra. Tickets for the dance may Misses Gayle Meyers, Pat be purchased at the door for $2, Brandt, Beverley Firestone, Ca- stag or drag. mille Wright, Suada Taylor and Chairman for the banquet and Mary Anderson are the dancers dance are Carroll Phillips, ban dancing by Miss Carmen Hines ol scheduled in the eafe*s stage show, quetj Clancy M/hliver, dance: Bill pFort Worth. Miss Hines is part The junior banquet is set to be- Reed, sweetheart: Roland Bnhl- gin at (kHO p.m. tomorrow in Sbisa man, program; Bill Young, guest; Mess Hall. Dress for both the and Pete Wright, ticket, banquet and the prom is formal. The menu features filet mignon as the main dish. Tomato juice cocktail will be the appetizer with pineapple cheese salad. French fried potatoes and lima beans will be the vegetables served at the banquet, with apple pip and coffee for dessert. Esten to Speak C. K. Esten, English instructor and sponsorer of the Aggie Play ers, will make an after dinner talk to the juniors and their dates. Highlighting the weekend will be the choosing of the junior sweetheart at the dance which begins at 9 p. m. Saturday in Sbisa Hall. The sweetheart will be chosen from five finalists. The finalists are Miss Hinda Groner, student at Texas Univer sity, entered by Jimmy Tyree, Miss , Jane Jersig of San Antonio, sub mitted in the contest by Burt C. Holdsworth, Miss Fay Anderson, a Baylor University coed, entered by John W. Neale. Miss Jackie Tuttle, student at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, sponsored by Allen Davis, and Miss Nell Peel of Lubbock, entered by Don Lowry. Music for the dance will be fur- Miss Nell Peel Miss Jackie Tuttle T h e A & M System Board of Directors meets on the campus tonight and tomorrow. This will be the first meeting for three new board mem bers: Harold Dunn of Amarillo, W. T. (Doc) Doherty of Houston, and R. H. (Jack) Finney, Jr. of Greenville. Only routine business is expected to be trans acted by the nine - man group. Sessions will be held in the board meeting room tonight and at 9 a.m. Sat urday. Radio Programs To Publicize School Week School children of College Station will take to the air waves next week to publicize themselves and their school activities. As a part of Public School Week, March 2-7, students from A&M Consolidated high school, junior high, elementary school and Lincoln School for Negroes will present six programs over radio station WTAW. The fii’st program of the ser ies will be from 5:45 to 6:30 p. m. Monday. Statements will be read from Gov. Allan Shivers, Mayor Ernest Langford, Supt. L. S. Rich ardson, Chairman of the School Board, E. E. Brown and Dr. F. C. Bolton, president of the College Station Development Association and Chamber of Commerce. Following this, the students of A&M Consolidated junior high will give a Texas history skit. Tuesday, the elementary school students will give a program fea turing music and interviews. The (See SCHOOL WEEK, Page 4) Meteorology Grads Get AF Commission Graduates of a new meteorology program will be qualified for a rommission in the Air Force Weather Service. Maj. Gen. W. 0. Senter, com manding general of the Air Force Weather Service, in a letter to Dr. Dale Leipper, head of the oceanography department, wrote that meteorology graduates would classify as weather officers with out AFROTC training. The new program will begin in September, 1953. It will be open ed to students in physical sciencfes and engineering who have complet ed two years of college work. Ad ditional information can be ob tained at the oceanography depart ment, Dr. Leipper said. Schedule Released For Soph Pictures The schedule for sophomores’ Aggieland ’53 pictures was re leased today by co-editor’s Harvey Miller and Guy Delaney. The schedule is as follows: March 2-3 A-D March 4-5 E-H March 6-9 J-M March 10-11 N-R March 12-13 S-Z Makeup pictures for sophomores will be made from March 14-21, and junior make ups will be tak en until Saturday. Ex-War Prisoner Collect $1,800 To Although Bob Boriskie never suspected it at the time, his three years internment by the Japanese was worth $1800. Boriskie, Battalion Sports News Editor, will receive the money as compensation for his war-time im- Weather Today WARMER WEATHER TODAY: Clear and warmer. The high yesterday was 71 and the low this morning was 48. prisonment. The money will be paid from impounded Japanese as sets in this country. According to Public Law 303, passed by Congress last year, Bor iskie will be paid .$1.50 for each day he was held prisoner. When asked how he would spend the money, Box-iskie was non-com mittal but insisted he wouldn’t send it back. Boriskie was attached to a navy PBY squadron stationed in the Philippines at the outbreak of World War II. After most of the squadpon planes were lost by strafing, he joined a naval battal ion guarding the west coast of Bataan. Later he went to the forti- field islands of Manila Bay, where he surrendered in May 1942. Working as a prisoner steve dore on the Manila docks, Boriskie stayed in the Philippines until the allied South Pacific counter-of fensive in 1944. He was then taken to Japan with a convoy of 28 ships. All but six of the vessels were torpedoed and sunk dux-ing the voyage. While in Japan, Box-iskie was forced to work in a lead mine. He was re leased September 1945 upon ar rival of the first American forces. 'Sla lag 17' Opens In Guion Monday A thi'ee-act comedy and mystery melodxama will open at 8:15 p. m. Monday in Guion Hall when the Aggie Playei's present “Stalag 17.” Still shoi’t of the two dozen pail's of “long-handle underwear, any color except x - ed,” Dii'ector C. K. Esten said the play will prove to be one of the best pro ductions by the players this year. “We ax-e the first amateur act ors in the southwest to px-esent the play,” he said. The play is now on the i-oad after having fin ished a successful nm on Bx-oad- way. Complicated Plot A complicated plot unfolds around a group of Amei’ican sold iers imprisoned in a German con centration camp dui'ing Woi'ld War II. An American, acting as a German agent, is placed in the men’s barracks to get information for the Nazis. His numei'ous escape attempts and the mystei'y surrounding the German agent provide many en tertaining moments during the play, Esten said. Barbara Robertson Chosen Top Student Barbara Robertson, daughter of Mr. and Mi's. W. R. Robertson, College View, has been named out standing student of the month at Consolidated High School. A senior at CHS, Barbai’a is treasurer and program chairman of the Student Council, seci-etai-y of the Roundup Club, and society editor of The Roundup, the school’s newspaper. Dux-ing her junior yeai’, Bax-bax-a received the Babe Ruth Foundation award for good sports manship. “She is a conscientious student and scholastically outstanding,” said J. J. Skxivanek, principal. Each month the student council chooses the outstanding student from names submitted by the fac ulty. The student chosen is then guest at the Bx-yan Rotary Club’s luncheon during the fouilh week of the month, Included in the cast ai'e Bill Witty, Dave Parnell, Raoul Roth, Sherwin Rubin, Bill Williams, Vic Robinson, Jim Baggaley, Roger Melton, B. B. Smith, Jerry Mc- Fai'land. Bill Withers, Robei’t Shei-man, Glenn Whitley, Bill Stewart, Bob Easley and Harry Gooding. Tickets On Sale Stage manager for the play is Mrs. David H. Moi - gan. Iris Bul- lax-d, Vii'ginia Lemmons, and John Samuels ax-e publicity directors. Lighting director is J. L. Shanks. Pi’oceeds fx-om the tickets now being sold in military units will go to the Military Ball Fund, ac- cordhxg to Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant. Tickets for the play also may be purchased in the Student Ac tivities Office in Goodwin Hall or at the doox-. Price is 50 cents. Police Class Closes Today Twenty-two diplomas will be px-esented today to the graduates of the Texas Municipal Police Tx-aining School which ended its first four week training program Thui'sday. The school is sponsoi’ed by the Texas Engineering Extension Ser vice evexy two months for police officers fx-om all over Texas. The next training session begins March 30. Newly elected officers of the gi’aduating class are Claude B. Evans of Amai’illo, px-esident; A. V. Bi'own of Big Spi'ing, vice-pi'es- ident; and Wayne A. Cox of Lub bock, seci'etai-y. Px-esident Evans said of the training school: “Evex-yone is en thusiastic about the school. Every officer indicated his high opinion of the school. Everyone believes he has gx-eatly increased his know ledge of police work. By all means, I hope this school is continued. Texas has been in need of such a school for many years.” City U Revolts Against School’s Prexy Fish Dorm Area Opens Today To All Cadets The freshman dormitory area will be open to upper classmen beginning today, said Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant commandant. Visiting houi's will be from 1 p. m. until call to quarters. No up perclassmen will be allowed to vis it the area on Saturdays and Sun days, he said. Visitors to the dormitories will go to the counselor’s office and sign a sheet giving name, organ ization and classification, he said. They also will sign up in the fx-eshman company commanding officer’s x-oom befox-e meeting meal foxmations in the area. If they do not sign out before leaving the area, they will be considered eat ing with the freshmen and their names will be called at formation, he added. The area has been closed since Septembex-, 1951 and the opening almost was unanimously approved by the cadet offieex-s in charge of freshmen. This arrangement, if it px-oves satisfactory will be used for the rest of the year, Wilkins said. When asked about the opening, John R. Bertrand, dean of the Basic Division said “I have evexy confidence in the cadet officers and believe the dormitory open ings will be a success.” KANSAS CITY, Feb. 27—(H?)—A dispute over adminis tration of the University of Kansas City has erupted into a campus-wide controversy, including student boycotts and revolt against the school’s president. An estimated 500 of the university’s 1,880 students voted at a mass meeting to boycott classes, at least until noon to day when another mass meeting was scheduled. The Law School faculty voted an expression of “no con fidence” in Dr. Clarence R. Decker, university president since 1938. Students circulated petitions declaring a “com plete lack of confidence in Dr. Decker and university poli cies.” 1 Sgt. Major Picked Soon, Says Davis The sergeant-major of the corps will be chosen in about two weeks, accoi’ding to Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant. The selection, he said, will be from three recommenda tions. The Cox-ps of Cadets will recommend a junior they feel qualified for the position. The PMS&T and PAS&T each will make a recommendation too, he said. In all probability a boax-d will select the best of these three, Davis said. Interviews are now being conducted in the corps under the direction of Cadet Col. of the Coi'ps Weldon Kruger. The Sergeant Major, when appointed, will be to junior non-commissioned officer i n the corps, tie will also be a candidate for cadet colonel of the cox-psnext year. Seniors Discuss Class Gift, Dance The Senior Ring Dance and in itial plans for a class gift were the main topics discussed last night by the senior class in one of the calmist sessions held all year. Only 75 member's attended the meeting in the MSG As sembly Room. Social Secretary Bubba Blank reported Gov. Allan Shivers will be speaker at the class banquet and Billy May’s orchestra will play for the Ring Dance May 16. Blank reported committee ap pointments ,for the banquet and dance were not yet ready, but as- sux-ed a fair representation of stu dents from all housing areas on the campus. This statement came after Tommy Kelly requested that seniors in the Third Division not be ovei-looked when appointments are made. Class Gift Suggestions Suggestions for a class gift were requested by Bob Andx-ews, class treasui'er. He asked that as many seniox-s as possible make suggestions and leave them in boxes to be placed in the MSC lob by and in the iness halls. He assured the seniors that final selection of the gift would be de cided by a class vote. Andrews in vited other members of the class to sex-ve on the committee for se- cuxing the gift. Class px-esident Joe Mattei ask ed seniors to do their best to sug gest a gift that will be durable and useful to the college. “The more ideas we get the bet ter gift we can pui'chase,” Mat tei pointed out. A i-eport on securing active CCTA Discusses Pending Pay Raise Members of the College Class- x-oom Teachers Association of Tex as appeax-ed yestexday before the House Appropriations Committee at Austin to discuss a proposed 20 per cent incx-ease in teachex-s’ PJiy. Dr. N. F. Rode, president of the local chaptex-, said he expected to learn the results of the healing next week from the state associa tion. Other officers in the local group are Otis Miller, vice-president; and M. S. Bx-ooks, seci-etary-ti-easurer. The chapter here has 68 members. The CCTA is a section of the Texas State Teachers’ Association. membership in the Former Stu dent’s Association for all seniox-s was given by Haskell Simon, class secretax-y. A 50 man steering com mittee will be chosen soon to con tact all seniox-s about the FSA, he said. Simon Commended Mattei commended Simon on the work he had done collecting infor mation about the class for the Former Students Association. The px-esident announced that se lection of a class agent will be made at the all-college elections March 26. Filing for the position will begin after the next senior class xneeting, March 12, he added. Vanity Fair winners will be pre sented at the Senior Ring Banquet, Mattei announced. Who’s Who winners will also be given a scroll and key commemorating that hon or at the banquet. The president asked seniors to see him individually to pass on suggestions called for by the Stu dent Life Committee for better student-professor relations on the campus. President Decker said he be lieved the problem was twofold: ® A struggle between pei'sonal- ities who have gotten on each other’s nexwes. ® A stx-uggle foj‘ power within the university. Top Four Resign Resignation of four top school administrators Wednesday brought the dispute into the open. Decker tex-med the resignations a “palace revolution” and told a student mass meeting to judge him “with mex-cy and wisdom.” He characterized the situation as “a family problem that has been tossed into the hands of the public” and added: “When anyone washes his dix-ty linen in *public such actions are bound to hurt the univex-sity.” President—Obstacle The four faculty members who resigned contended the president was the greatest single obstacle to sound growth of tbe school. They were Dr. Robert Mortvedt, vice president; Dr. Norman N. Royall Jr., dean of the Liberal Arts School; Dr. Theodore T. Dit- tiich, dean of pharmacy; and Dr. John E. Bax-nett, registrar and as sistant dean of liberal arts. Dr. Mox-tvedt said the basic rea son for their action was “Dr. Deck er’s failure to make positive policy decisions and carry them out.” He said one example was the long pending establishment of the school of business. Univex-sity trustees, endorsing Di\ Decker’s administration, im mediately relieved Mox-tvedt and Royall of all administrative duties although their resignations were offered to take effect next Aug. 31, the end of the academic year. No action was taken on the other two. Ph iEta Sigma To Initiate 78 Initiation for 78 new members of Phi Eta Sigma freshman hopor society will be held Tuesday, in the MSC Assembly Room. The initiates are freshmen who made the required gx'ade point x-atio of 2.5 or over during the fall semestex-. A picture of the organization for the Aggieland ’53 will be taken at 5 p. m. Tuesday on the fx-ont steps of the MSC. The initiation will follow the picture. “All members are x'equested to be present for the picture and initiation,” said Jerry Ramsey, president of Phi Eta Sigma. KING COTTON—Howard Scaief, as King Cotton of 1953, will head the eight-man court for the Agronomy Society’s annual Cotton Pageant, to be held April 24. A senior ag ronomy major from San Benito, Scaief is a platoon leader in G Co. and a member of the Rio Grande Club,