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umber 31: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1953
Price Five Cents
ntercouneil Proposes ‘Honor Code;’
enate Passes A&M-Coed Resolution
\omplete Surprise
'resident Says
BULLETIN
Prisoners of War
AUSTIN, March 3 UP)—Girls at Texas A&M are all
pt with us, the Senate said today, and then got to arguing
... Uwhat they had done.
Senator William T. Moore of Bryan got his measure to
ft the boy’s school coeducational passed without objec-
H it was ready to go to the House.
But Senator Searcy Bracewell of Houston was busy on
thing else when that went by. A few minutes later
1 the Senate to reconsider.'
|‘You are knocking down 75 years of tradition,” he told
e.
‘We are living in a modern day; we have got to go for-
f Moore answered.
, prfbody gets coeds but us.”
re spoke for almost an hour
i 1 half against Bracewell’s
to reconsider. The Senate
ned for the day in the midst
ate without taking a vote
msideration.
■e said he had gone to A&M
3 University of Texas where
-‘associated with ladies of
losite sex; I am telling you
great civilizing influence—
.bilizing.”
★
.sident of the College M. T.
ngton said: “It came as a
fete surprise to me. We
| not consulted at all.
Ipvts in the capitol most of
''f ay yesterday to introduce
inking Cadets to the House
appear before the senate
mmittee for higher educa-
ind the question was never
RSbned.”
*
jftad gotten his measure pass-
«voice vote.
;'®’ in the House a group was
j|> ready to introduce a bill
it law that A&M must be
Rational.
Jjpt College is going down,
is is the only thing That b^in
t,” Moore told a reporter,
ikfjajid as far as he could de
le by reading the laws the
H can make it coeducational
>ut that it is such a drastic
4'obody has dared try it with-
jlflrecting Legislation.
. to the Senate’s routine
le, the measure cannot come
, liiii until next Monday.
^ -W
Proposed Honor Pledge
Set for Class Sections
The following is the Honor Pledge which students will be
required to sign in their individual class sections to start the
proposed scholastic Honor Code in that particular class:
‘T hold my honor above all other personal considerations.
In observance of this, I pledge, on my honor that in this
section:
I will not lie, cheat, nor steal, nor will I condone them.
“I will take no unfair advantage of my fellow students
nor of the teacher.
“If I shall come to know of the violation of any of these'
by a fellow student in this class I will make known to the
teacher in private, the offense, but not the offender and
leave to the discretion of the teacher any action that shall be
taken in continuing or revoking the Honor System in this
class.”
The pledge originally was proposed by the Engineers
Council and approved last night by the Intercouncil.
‘Stalag 17’ Presented
With Forceful Dialogue
M ■
S BRIEFS
v Council Meet
ll Be Tonight
5 eke Station City Council
* ig, postponed from last
May, will be tonight, said Han
I dl, city manager.
■meeting was postponed be-
£§■ of illness of some of the
1 members.
* * *
BTC students will not be re-
Htto attend the Aggie Play-
ftlbduction, “Stalag 17” Col.
r Wilkins stated today.
|ne credit was given for at-
■ ace last year but no such
[will be given this year,
Wilkins said.
* * *
:y-eight local Cub Scouts re
awards at the annual Blue
fold Banquet which was held
Consolidated High School
lasium last Thursday night.
* * *
[is H. Groneman, head of the
trial education department,
an article, “Plastic Trinket
appearing in the February
jof Industrial Arts and Vo-
gal Education magazine.
weather has reduced the
3r of student flights in T-6’s
|-45’s this semester, said Col.
JA. Way, PAS&T.
J flights will be continued
the weather becomes more
fible, Way said.
B>rs were given first prior-
tlost seniors who desired to
^ the flights have done so,
linsequently juniors are being
fd the opportunity.
By JERRY BENNETT
Managing Editor
The Aggie Players have turned
out a bang-up production that has
all the punch and enjoyment of a
“no drill on Thursday” announce
ment.
Opening in Guion Hall last
night for a two-day run, “Stalag
17” gave the campus thespians a
thorough workout in sharp dia-
Inter-Faith
Chapel Fund
Gets $45,000
The location of the Inter-Faith
Chapel, seating capacity, and the
program to be followed were dis
cussed at a meeting of the Asso
ciation Chapel Committee.
The association met in the MSC
for its first lupcheon of the year
to discuss these and other prob
lems, said J. B. Hervey, executive
secretary of the committee.
During the 1952 program, $45,-
879.45 was contributed to the
Chapel fund, Hervey added. The
project this year is for the Chapel
fund, also.
Attending the meeting were J.
H. Dunn, chairman of the Chapel
Committee, class of ’25, A. F.
Mitchell, president of the Asso
ciation of Former Students, class
of ’09; Ernest Langford, class of
’13; Gibb Gilchrist, Dr. M. T.
Harrington, J. B. Hervey, Arch
Baker, and J. G. Gay.
logue, suspense and a maximum
of comedy. After the curtain fell
on the last scene, the players had
come through in fine shape.
Although Monday’s show had
the usual first night mistakes,
they passed practically unnoticed.
A fast moving story pushed by the
excellent Wise-cracking dialogue
provided perfect vei'bal camou
flage.
A Broadway hit, “Stalag 17”
deals with the experiences of a
group of Americans in a German
prison camp. When not fighting
among themselves; plotting to
burn down the commandants house,
or feeding the guards laxatives,
the prisoners are hunting a trai
tor who is tipping the Germans
off to their every move. Although
the audience learns the agent’s
identity during the middle of the
play, the suspense lasts until the
final curtain.
Grapevine Sunshine
Jerry McFarland used his Chi
cago accent mellowed by the
Grapevine sunshine, to portray
forcefully a boistroUs, happy-go-
lucky prisoner.
Harry Gooding and Bill Witty,
both familiar to Aggie Player fans
lived up to their usual good per
formances. Two newcomers Vic
Robinson and Bill Williams showed
talent that should make fans want
to see them in future productions.
One of the plays most impres
sive performances was given by
B. B. Smith as a shell shocked
flyer. Although Smith never spoke
one word of dialogue, his actions
captured the character’s mood
throughout the show. Raoul Roth
Ten Scholarships
Offered to Students
Scholarships totaling $2,833
may be applied for at the Regis
trar’s Office by students who have
the financial need and other qual
ifications said E. E. McQuillen,
A&M Development Fund director.
March 20 is the last day for
applying.
The scholarship offering the
highest payment is the W. S.
Mosher Memorial Scholarship for
students with two years of college
remaining with majors in struct
ural, civil engineering or archi-
tectui’al construction.
Two $600 Mosher scholarships
are available, said McQuillen.
Second Highest Award
The Krueger award for juniors
is the second highest scholarship,
offering $500 to a student with a
high scholastic average who has
paid most of his way through
A&M by student labor.
Square D Co. gives a sophomore
ME, EE or IE student a $500
scholarship for his junior and sen
ior years. Applications for this
scholarship should be submitted
almost equaled McFarland in de
livering barbed dialogue while Wil
liam Withers was convincing as a
former actor turned tough ser
geant.
Rudy Stanislov and Dave Rubin
as two Gestapo agents, spoke
German with enough growls for
the modern languages depai’tment
to raise their grades at least one
letter.
Bill Stewart, Dave Parnell, Rog
er Melton, Bob Easley, Glen Whit
ley, Jim Baggaley, and Ted Castle
rounded out the able cast.
Plan Entirely
Should Begin
Voluntary;
March 24
A scholastic Honor Code for A&M was
proposed last night by the Intercouncil Com
mittee.
The honor code will be presented to the
students by their classroom instructors and
by their departmental and technical societies.
No definite date was set by the council for
starting the voluntary honor system, but the
group plans to have it under way March 24.
A&M’s new honor system will be intro
duced to class sections in the School of Arts
and Sciences, Agriculture and Engineering.
AF Survey Shows
Cadets Want to Fly
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion News Editor
Sixty per cent of 1,160 A&M
Air Force ROTC cadets want to
fly after graduation.
This figure was revealed in a
survey conducted recently by the
Air Force ROTC detachment here,
said Col. John A. Way, PAS&T.
Of the seniors surveyed, 32 per
cent showed a willingness to fly.
The percentage of cadets desir
ing pilot’s wings increased in low
er classes. In the junior Air Force
cadet poll, 42 per cent wanted to
fly, and 60 per cent of the Air
Force sophomores indicated a de
sire to fly.
The freshmen had the largest
percentage of “future fliers” with
84 per cent desiring flight train
ing.
Board Contracts
Stadium Addition
through the candidates depart
ments.
Jesse Jones, Houston business
man, offers a $333 scholarship to
juniors who have earned all or
part of their way through the
first three years of college. The
Jones scholarship serves as an
achievement award in recognition
of the job the student has done.
The junior who has overcome
serious financial handicaps stands
a good chance to receive $300 from
the Albert D. Banta Senior Award
fund.
In addition, the junior must
have an outstanding record scho
lastically and show good leader
ship qualities.
Leadership Award
A sophomore liberal arts major
who is taking military science may
apply for the Lulie Hughey Lane
Scholarship Award, a $200 fund
presented for outstanding qualities
of leadership, scholarship and
character.
Special consideration is made
See SCHOLARSHIPS page 2
By JOEL AUSTIN
Battalion Co-Editor
Contract for expansion of Kyle
Field was awarded to Rambo Con
struction Company of Fort Worth
on a bid of $333,228 by the A&M
System board of directors Satur
day.
The addition to A&M’s football
stadium will include a complete
new press box and an upper deck
of seats.
Issuance of $50,000 of 4% per
cent stadium improvement bonds
also was authorized by the board.
The entire bond issue will be pur
chased by the Former Students As
sociation, announced its president,
A. F. Mitchell.
The stadium expansion will be
financed through athletic depart
ment funds, the bonds, and receipts
from 20-year options sold on the
seats to be constructed around the
press box.
The board granted the athletic
department permission to continue
selling options at $50 each until
Dec. 31. To date 1,310 options have
been sold. The athletic depart
ment said 2,560 options could prob-
Burial Services
Held Today
For Gleissner
Funeral services for Monsignor
J. B. Gleissner, 88, pastor of St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church in Bryan
for almost 50 years, were conduc
ted this morning.
Bishop L. J. Richter of Austin
celebrated high Requiem Mass.
Burial was in Mount Calvary Cem
etery.
Bom in Bavaria, Gleissner went
to Holland at the age of 15 to
study for the priesthood. Later
he came to the United States and
completed his studies at the semi
nary of Our Lady of the Angels,
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Monsignor Gleissner is survived
by three nieces and two nephews.
ably be sold by the deadline.
The bid of Di Natale Floors Inc.,
of Boston, of $26,875, to furnish a
removable gymnasium floor for the
new Physical Education building
was accepted by the board.
The removable floor will be 100
feet wide and 136 feet long. The
contract also calls for sufficient
flooring boards to cover the ap
proximate 2,900 square feet of
floor at the sides and ends of the
floor to be permanently installed.
The A&M System board of di
rectors officially recognized the
75th Aniversary of The Battalion
at its meeting Saturday. A reso
lution was passed commending
the publication on its 75 years of
faithful service to A&M College.
The board also accepted the bid
of the Bleacher Sales Co., Houston,
of $15,135 to install 1,190 folding
gym seats in the new building.
Now under construction, the new
gymnasium will be ready for oc
cupancy in September.
Contracts totaling $180,574 were
awarded to R. B. Butler of Bryan
for building two head houses,
planting benches, walks, driveways,
hot beds and slat house. All are
for greenhouse and laboratory in
stallations of the Texas Forest Ser
vice, plant physiology and path
ology department and the floricul
ture and landscape architecture de
partment.
The board authorized expendi
ture of $42,000 for repainting the
interior of Dorms 1, 3, 5, 7, 11,
Bizzell, Mitchell and Milner.
Other construction contracts in
cluded Ted E. Welk of Silsbee, $11,-
350, repair to elevated water tower
at A&M; Layne-Texas Company of
Houston, $41,299, drilling, develop
ing and equiping a new well; ex
penditure of $4,200 for conversion
of abandoned college incinerator to
a sanitary research laboratory and
expenditure of $25,000 for con
structing machinery sheds on the
college plantation.
The board of directors accepted
a granite monument as a gift from
the American Memorial Associa
tion in memory of students, offi
cers and faculty of A&M who serv
ed in the Spanish-American War.
Location for the monument is
tentatively planned near the West
Gate entrance to the campus.
See DIRECTORS, page 2
Categories on the questionnaires
distributed by group sergeant ma
jors included reasons for wanting
to fly and reasons for not wishing
to fly.
Desire to fly topped the list of
reasons for wanting to enter
flight training, with 69 per cent
of the “flying” cadets declaring
desire to pilot a plane as their
reason.
The rest of the questions came
out with 11 per cent choosing fly
ing as a career and 10 per cent in
dicating patriotic duty and finan
cial aspects as their reasons.
Four Years Too Long
Four yeai’s of service life was
the main factor with cadets not
wanting flight training; 36 per
cent indicated that as their reason
for declining to enter the pilot
program.
About 25 per cent of the cadets
polled either thought or were sure
they were not physically qualified
to enter the flight program.
Twelve per cent of cadets saying
“no” to flight training gave fam
ily objections as their main reason.
Ten per cent wanted advanced de
grees or to go to law or medical
school.
Constructive Remarks
Many of the remarks on the
questionnaires offered constructive
criticism of the Air Force’s “ca
det flight pi’oeurement program.”
One of the physically unquali
fied seniors polled said he was
tired of the “eighth grade ap
proach” to flight training made by
members of the Air Force detach
ment.
He thought they should try to
stimulate interest with more ori
entation flights and “sane judg
ment.”
Another comment found on
See AF SURVEY page 4
The School of Veterinary Medicine already
has an honor system in operation.
The plan, the council said, is unique in
many ways: it is entirely voluntary because
no student will be forced to participate; it
applies in each class section only with unan
imous agreement of all students and instruc
tor ; it must be renewed each semester in
each section; it does not require any student
to report another student for an offense.
Initially presented by the student Engi
neers Council, the plan was adopted by the
’ Agi’iculture, Freshmen and Arts
and Sciences Councils. The Inter
council asked that the plan be pre
sented to each technical club and
society. The faculty will be orien
tated on the program by the de
partment heads.
The proposal of the Intercoun
cil is:
‘We believe that the students
at this college are honorable men
who deplore the actions of the liar,
thief, and. cheat. We believe fur
ther that the prestige of our col
lege and of ourselves as students
will be enhanced through the adop
tion of a scholastic Honor Code
and in accordance with the finest
traditions of A&M.
Plan of Acceptance
In furtherance of these beliefs
we propose the establishment of
an honor system in our classes un
der the following plan:
'• This shall be by mutual and
unanimous agreement of the stu
dent and the teacher in any sec
tion.
• This plan will be adopted
when a secret ballot taken by the
section indicates that all students
in that section will abide by the
Honor Pledge, the teacher’s vote
to be included. If unanimous op
inion shall fail on the first bal
lot, an additional ballot shall be
taken.
• When the section agrees un
animously to adopt the Honor
Code the pledge shall be read to
the class by the teacher or by a
student and shall be signed by
each student.
“• This plan may be revoked for
cause at any time by the same
method through which it was
adopted.”
The Intercouncil said that print
ed copies of the Honor Code will
be available to each teacher before
the plan is started.
PES Initiates
85 Members
Phi Eta Sigma honorary frater
nity will initiate 85 freshmen in
the Assembly Room of the MSC
tonight at 5:15 p. m., said John
R. Bertrand, dean of the basic
division.
A group picture for the Aggie
land ’53 will be taken at 5:05 p. m.
These students are being accept
ed into the society on the basis
of fall semester grades. A grade
point ratio of 2.5 during the first
semester or a 2.5 ratio for the
entire freshman year is the re
quirement for acceptance, Ber
trand revealed.
Officers who will take part in
the initiation ceremonies include;
Jerry Ramsey, president; Harri
Baker, vice-president; Dick Mc-
Casland, secretary; Frank Ford,
treasurer; and Jules Vieaux, his-
torian.
“The initiation services which
are usually held in conjunction
with the annuaJ. banquet May 1,
are being held earlier this year
in order to allow the new mem
bers to become active in the af
fairs of the organization this se
mester,” said Bertrand.
The annual banquet and election
of officers will be held April 30.
Two Favors Sold
For Ring Dance
Only two orders for Senior Ring
Dance favors were taken Monday,
the first day of sales.
The favors are replicas in pin-
form of the senior ring. They will
be on sale until March 31, when
orders for the class will be sent
in.
The price this year is $3 for
the favor and $4.25 with safety
chain and numeral. Orders will be
filled within six weeks to two
months after they are sent in.
Orders for favors are being
taken at the main desk in the of
fice of student activities, said Pete
Hardesty, business manager of
student activities.
Weather Today
'r <
CLOUDY
WEATHER TODAY: Scattered
clouds. The low this morning was
69 and the high yesterday w^s 72.