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Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1953
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hel lAppoin led
ps Sgt. Major
i,er Sei'^pnnt Fred U.
Jalveston has been
Igeant-major of the
lets, announced Col.
commandant. Mitch-
le his duties iinmed-
^ol. Davis.
g'ang’e-foiestry major
jn, Mitchell will as-
tes immediately, said
.nder Weldon Kruyer.
reant-major will take
i\ the corps staff to-
6 era,
y cadet, Mitchell will
^sergeant-major from
_^nch in two years. Air
^ ^ield the job in 1951
| - duties Mitchell as-
%l| be direction of first
ivities. He will con
st sergeant meetings
—te company level an-
ICge duties within the
'll as coonlinate work
^ankiE; 18 -
er Screening
)Jjg(T(^as selected from a
0 standing junior cadets
oroughly screened by
O. ucers, and officers of
k department.
if sergeant-major has
„ ay for over a month.
hOL my surprised to hear
imed sergeant-major,”
. “I Only hope I won’t
m the responsibilities
entraM job -”
•y pleased that Mitch-
1 position,” said Coips
til Qm Weldon Kruger.
he deserved the job
ggy fine showing as first
geant major, and 1
DWAIa'orward to having him
'irrvh staff,” Kruger added.
1 L\n s ion commander, Joe
I i he was glad to see
the post.
•een pushing him for
ce school started be
:ve he is the best man
p, Wallace commented.
LOmmir. |dations £ or Mitchell’s
as sergeant major of
n ision staff will be sub-
St 0W e m i6tary department
Vallace.
„ _ ng the position of top
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mber Fet; y-f our File
'^lections
irst Day
our students filed
_ . u . r ir 22 of the 80 posi-
UUtli^uled to be filled in
^jjyal student election
irizod conducted in the
■tudent Activities, sec-
(Hoinf) Goodwin Hall, and will
East ofl’ ovi gh Friday, March 20.
filing for the various
)LLE(!t ! ‘ e us i follows:
Co-Editors — Jerry
T Ed Holder
1 Co-Editor — B. C.
tcher
ass Vice President —-
n and Lester S. Smith
ass President — Jim
e Class President—Jim
junior cadet in the corps, Mitchell
has won best drilled sophomore in
A Infantry and outstanding fresh
man in Company 2. He is a mem
ber of the Ross Volunteers, a dis
tinguished student, held the rank
of corporal during his sophmore
year.
Mitchell is the son of Col. and
Mrs. E. H. Mitchell of 5012 Wood-
row, Galveston. His father is cur
rently serving in Europe as in
spector general for the European
Theater of Operations communica
tions zone.
The new sergeant-major is a
graduate of Ball High School in
Galveston where he was a com
pany commander in the ROTC.
He also lettered in football.
Pioneer Airline Service Cut
To Two Flights Daily by CAB
SLC Seeks to Help
Student-Prof Plan
Fred H. Mitchell
Corps Sgt. Major
School Group Hears
By-Laws, Bond Plan
The Student Life Committee
(SLC) approved yesterday plans
to include other student and fac
ulty groups in seeking the solu
tion to better student and faculty
relations.
After hearing Dr. Carl Landiss
of the physical education depart
ment present the student-faculty
relations subcommittee report, the
SLC decided the problem should
be extended to include comment
from the different schools student
academic councils, the faculty ex
ecutive councils, dean and the Stu
dent Senate.
The motion was made by Joel
The newly formed College Sta
tion citizens group for public
schools last night adopted a set
of by-laws and heard an explana
tion of the proposed $385,000 bond
issue by the A&M Consolidated
School board of trustees.
By-laws for an Educational Com
mission were adopted as recom
mended by the by-laws committee,
with a few minor revisions.
The purpose of the organization
is set forth in the by-laws as “to
aid school authorities, gather facts,
and inform the community.”
An executive council, composed
of the president, vice-president,
secretary, and chairmen of nine
committees, will serve as the
group’s steexfng committee.
Standing Committees
The standing committees are
state and federal legislation, com
munity trends, school plant and
equipment, school personnel, com
munity sentiment, community rela
tions, academic standards and cur-
ricula, health and safety, and mem
bership.
At least one meeting a year is
specified in the by-laws.
Mrs. C. F. Richardson was elect
ed secretary - treasurer of the
group. Mi’s. Walter Delaplane,
elected to the position at the
g r o u p’s oi’gaOLjzj.tiqnal meeting,
was unable to take the job.
A tour of the school plant,’ con
ducted by Superintendent L. S.
Richardson, and supper in the
school cafeteria preceded the meet
ing.
Bond Proposal Presented
John Rogers, school board mem
ber, presented the schobl board’s
$385,000 proposed bond plan to the
group.
The plan calls for the building of
a 12-room high school, a GOO seat
auditorium, music, shop and home
economics rooms, and indoor phys
ical education facilities at Lincoln
High School for Negroes.
“We believe this program will
provide adequate facilities for at
least four years,” Rogers said.
In explaining the financing pro
gram for the bond issue, Rogers
said doubling the present evalua
tion would be necessary, since the
maximum tax rate under the pres
ent evaluation was now being
charged.
Tax Increase
A tax increase amounting to 35
or 40 per cent is estimated by the
school board. This would give the
school an annual tax income of
about $85,000. Bond payments on
old bonds and the new bond, if
passed would be $34,000 a year,
leaving $50,000 a year for main
tenance.
“We’ll set up our committees and
get the ball rolling as fast as pos
sible,” said Dr. Charles LaMotte,
president of the Educational Com
mission.
A meeting of the Educational
Commission and the school board
has been set for 7 p.m. Thursday
at Consolidated School. Tentative
plans call for the Educational Com
mission to circulate a petition to
determine the extent of public sup
port of the proposed bond issue.
No date lias been set for the bond
election.
Chest Drive
Set Tonight
For Dorms
The Campus Chest drive
starts tonight with collections
by Student Senate members
in dormitory outfit meetings.
A showing of “We’ve Never
Been Licked,” a Fight Night
on March 24 and an Air Force
Ground Force basketball game
are scheduled as part of the
drive.
The Student Senate, sponsor
of the drive, has set a goal
of $1,500. The money will be
used for two Twelfth Man
scholarships, one to a Texas
student and one to a foreign
student.
A date for the showing of
the A&M film “We’ve Never
Been Licked” has not been set.
Novelty to Semi-Classical
Fourteen Acts Set
For Talent Show
DAN DAWSON
Battalion News Staff
Fourteen acts ranging from a
novelty musician to a semi-classi
cal baritone will make up the Sec
ond Annual Intercollegiate Tal
ent Show at 8 p. m. Friday in.
Guion Hall.
The 26 performers in the show
representing seven Texas colleges
and universities, have been hand
picked by the MSC Music Commit
tee on its recent auditioning tour,
Barton Raynaud, committee chair
man announced.
Three acts are repeats from last
ass Historian
Chuck
lass Secretary—Wallace
ass Treasui’er — Jim R.
re Class Vice President
offord
Recording Sec-
t E. Chinnock
11 Leaders—J. B. (Jim-
L C V_-' 1 cl 1~>
D. Swoffo
! I y iVe Class 1
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NEWS BRIEFS
MSC Dance Classes
Cancelled Tonight
Fell Leaders — R. B.
phone (^1, an( ^ Glenn J. Lang-
ARDfeouncil Corps Represen-
.QtuAiis (Louie) Capt
Aoiii Council Non-Corps Rep-
EEIV-ls—Bill Brucks
Life Committee — Dovle
Entertainment Manager
Hudson, and John C.
tudent Senator — John
L, Hansen, Roy Hick-
ie Hudson, Edwin D.
oe J. Jones, Lester S.
Alan E. Soefje
. Sentator from College
jreaitl'vis N. Springer
Senator from Vet Vil-
rimtf W. Dancer Jr.
“ Student Senator — Buck
, erry K. Johnson
student Senator—B.
-'-"hk, and Donald D. Swof-
MSC DANCE classes will be
cancelled tonight, Miss Betty Bo-
lander, MSC program consultant,
revealed.
Manning Smith, the instructor,
is out of town.
* * *
THE SINGING CADETS re
turned Sunday from their annual
tour of West Texas.
They visited Brownwood, Arm-
rillo, Sherman, and Denison. The
tour was sponsored by the Mothers
Clubs of the towns visited.
Their next performance will be
March 28, in the MSC.
sfc
THREE CLUBS selected duch
esses for the Cotton Pageant April
24.
Miss Billie Jean Cecil will rep
resent the Piney Woods Club. The
Poultry Science Club selected Miss
Ann Jones and the Permian Ba
sin Club, Miss JoAnn Ragan.
* * *
C. B. A. (BILL) BRYANT will
be the guest speaker at the Kream
and Kow Klub meeting at 7 p. m.
tonight in room 3B of the MSC.
Bryant is field sales manager for
Johnson and Johnson of Chicago,
Ill., and has written, published.
and lectured throughout th® Unit
ed States.
* * *
THE CHORALTERS, Mary Har-
din-Baylor choral gi’oup will pre
sent the Wednesday evening ser
vice at the First Baptist Church
in Bryan.
* * *
THIRTY-ONE Air Force cadets
of the ninth pilot training class
received their wings at Bryan Air
Force Base yesterday in ceremon
ies that included airmen from five
nations.
•K
THE GARDEN CLUB forum
will meet Wednesday at 9 a. m.
in the A&M Greenhouse instead of
in the MSC as announced in Fri
day’s Battalion.
* * *
DR. J. D. LINDSAY, head of the
chemical engineering department,
has been named a member of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers committee on Nuclear
Energy.
The committee is planning an
international meeting which will
explore the chemical engineering
aspects of neuclear processes.
year’s show which was a sellout
in the MSC Ballroom. They are
Billie Biggs, modern jazz dancer
from Fort Worth and SMU, Helen
Marshall, Amarillo pop singer from
North Texas State College, and
Rosalind Wilson, tap dancer from
Coleman and sophomore at SMU.
The program, listing perform
ers by schools, includes TCU’s
Mai’y Sut Stramler, pop singer
from Houston. Joe Liles, the nov
elty musician who plays two tunes
at once on his piano, and Charles
Douglass, semi-clasical baritone
from Paducah, Ky., will represent
Baylor.
Boop-A-Doop Singer
The University of Texas has
three acts, Mafilyn Bronson, folk
singer from Austin; Gail Smalley,
boop-a-doop singer; and Jimmy
Huggins and his boys, instrumen
talists.
SMLf has three acts. Miss Biggs,
Miss Wilson and her partner Por
tia Bloodworth, and Jo Newland
and Norman Bennet who will do
the “Honey Bun” act from South
Pacific are the SMU participants.
Jimmie Harrison, folk singer
and Ernie Martelino, Latin Ameri
can pianist, from Manila, Philip
pine Islands, are A&M’s contri
butions to the show.
Sam Houston State Teachers
College will provide a five girl
Charleston chorus line.
Miss Betty Bolander, MSC pro
gram consultant, said that the
committee hopes to sell 1200 tick
ets.
BA Department
Adds New Course
A new curriculum in personnel
administration has been approved
and will go into effect Sept. 1,
said R. L. Elkins, associate pro
fessor of business administration.
Business Administration 105,
the new course, is the only addi
tion. Its puiiiose is to familiarize
new students with different phases
of the field. It is a three-hour
freshman course.
Austin, co-editor of The Battalion,
and seconded by Junior Class Pres
ident T. B. Fields.
Two Problems
The subcommittee report pre
sented two problems which must
be solved. These are (1) students
feel censored by their fellow stu
dents if they go to an instructor
for help and (2) student and in
structors do not have a close
enough relationship.
Four suggestions offered to cure
both problems were:
• Cadet officers should encour
age underclassmen to become bet
ter acquainted with instructors
and go to them for help.
® Each student in the unit
should be allowed to ask a profes
sor over each week to visit his
dormitory and eat the evening
meal in the dining hall.
• Stronger emphasis should be
placed on departmental coffees.
© Assign students to faculty
members, who will act as individ
ual counselors for this group.
Earlier, the SLC approved Dec.
17 as the date for the second an
nual 12th Man Football Bowl
game.
Budget Raised
For Recreation
In 1953 - 54
The College Station Recreation
Council budget for 1953-54 will
be $4,985, based on expected in
come.
Announced yesterday by Ralph
Rogers, secretary of the Council,
the budget is $500 over last year’s
budget of $4,478. The program for
the coming year, however, has
been expanded to include more ac
tivities, Rogers said.
Added this year will be the
Recreation Council’s assistance in
American Legion junior baseball
and sponsoring of two minor
league teams for the Little League
Baseball program.
Activities included in last year’s
program that will be continued
this year are swimming, tennis,
pre-school, tumbling, senior soft-
ball, a Lincoln High School pro
gram, a community picnic, Christ
mas party, rifling, and senior vol
leyball.
He added that the income for
the budget will be derived from
fees paid by participants in swim
ming, tennis, and pre-school activ
ities, plus contributions and $500
carry-over from last year. The
contributions, expected to total
$2,700, come from the city coun
cil. Community Chest, and Cham
ber of Commerce. Rogers expects
$1,865 from fees.
It was decided by the Council
Friday to name recommendations
for the City Recreation Board at
the April 13 meeting, at which
offices will be elected. Those rec
ommended must be approved by
the the mayor and the city coun
cil.
Evaluation Report
Set for Wednesday
The A&M Consolidated Element
ary School Evaluation Committee
will make a public report of their
findings at 3 p. m. Wednesday
in the Consolidated cafeteria.
The five-man committee has
been conducting a “self-improve
ment” study of the elementary
school this week, said Mrs. H. S.
Creswell, principal.
“Parents and interested citizens
are urged to support their school
by attending this committee meet
ing,” said Michael V. Krenitsky,
president of the Mothers and Dads
Club.
Members of the evaluation com
mittee are Teresa Carrel, Texas
Education Agency; Dr. Alma Free
land, University of Texas; Dr.
Robert Jacobs, A&M Basic Divi
sion; Paul Manning, Navasota ele
mentary principal; Jim Morrman,
Hempstead School superintendent;
and Dorothy Jean Green, fifth
grade teacher at Casin School,
Austin.
College Station’s airline flights have been reduced from
six to two per day, following an order by the Civil Aero
nautics Board to Pioneer Airlines.
Criticized for buying new Pacemaker planes to replace
the pre-war DC-3’s and ordered to reduce service to the 21
cities in Texas and New Mexico, Pioneer President General
Robert J. Smith announced the airline’s action.
“We are grievously shocked that the Civil Aeronautics
Board in Washington has declared that Pioneer must provide
a second class service to the people on its 21-city system in
Texas and New Mexico,” Smith said.
“This new and latest edict from the board can mean
-♦•orie thing—the board would have
Pioneer be a second class ariline
Bloodmobile
Unit Sets Goal
At 200 Pints
Two hundred pints of blood
will be the goal of the South
east Texas Bloodmobile Unit’s
second visit to the campus,
March 24.
More than 200 pints were don
ated at the Bloodmobile’s first
visit, Dec. 17.
First sergeants have been given
donor forms for distribution to
their units. Anyone between the
ages of 21 and 59 may donate.
Donors between the ages of 18
and 21 must have the consent of
their family.
Any staff members, local resi
dent or non-dormitory student who
wishes to can donate by calling
the Housing Office and making an
appointment.
A doctor and a staff of regis
tered nurses will take donations.
They will be assisted by volunteer
workers from College Station,
with refreshments provided by the
Kiwanis Club.
The volunteer workers and their
jobs are as follows:
Donor Room: Mesdames C. C.
Doak, J. J. Woolket, R. H. Shuff
ler, A. D. Adamson, M. M. Norton
and J. E. Roberts.
Canteen: Mesdames J. R. Oden,
R. E. Leighton, R. D. Lewis, B.
H. Dewey and W. R. Horsley.
Orange Juice: Mesdames Walter
Delaplane and Bxlnt Morris.
Escort with card and bottle:
Mrs. Lee P. Thompson.
Bottle Lablers: Mesdames C. B.
Godbey and Bennie Zinn.
Walkers: Mesdames Fred Weick
and C. H. Thompson.
Hostesses: Mesdames T. W. Le-
land, W. R. Horsley, M. T. Har
rington and D. W. Williams.
Registration: Mesdames Arm
strong Price, Paul A. Van Tassell
and Thomas H. Swygert.
providing second class service to
what the Civil Aeronautics Board
must feel ai’e second class citi
zens,” he said.
•
No decision has been reach
ed by the CAB on a proposed
Trans-Texas air line service
to College Station.
Trans-Texas wants to make
College Station a stop for
flights from Austin to Tyler
and from Austin to Beaumont.
The CAB hearing in Washing,
ton D. C. last Thursday was to
determine whether or not
there is need for additional air
service here.
•
Smith said that he was “both
shocked and stunned” that the
board had placed “an iron curtain
on the service Pioneer can render
to the people of Texas and New
Mexico.”
He said that the board’s trial
examiner had reported to the
board that Pioneer’s change of
aii’craft had met “the standards
of honest economical and effici
ent management” but had evident
ly set aside this finding “as if to
punish Pioneer for its progi’ess.”
Must Reduce Service
As a result of the order, Pioneer
must reduce sexvice, dismiss many
of the company’s 450 pei’sonnel,
stop purchases, study possible sus
pension of other services and con
sider sale of Pacemaker planes.
Flight 45, departing Easter-wood
Airport at 3:53 p. m. for Dallas,
and Flight 64, departing at 8:40
p. m. for Houston are the only
two flights leaving College Station
daily, since the cut. Two other
flights to Houston, one to Dallas
and one to Austin have been can
celled.
College Station Postmaster, T.
O. Walton, said yesterday that
he had heard nothing about the
cut. It is not known exactly how
the action will affect local air
mail service, he said, but it cer
tainly will be affected.
FSA Executive Board
Okeys $40,000 Budget
The Former Students Associa- lection. The board hoped the per-
tion executive board approved a
1953 budget of $40,000 Saturday.
An increase of $2,000 over the
1952 budget, the money will be
used to finance the Former Stu
dents Association loan funds and
the A&M Development Fund.
Sites for the proposed Aggie
Inter-Faith Chapel were discussed.
Among the sites mentioned was
the corner where the Assembly
Hall stood across from the presi
dent’s home and the park-like area
south of the new gymnasium on
Houston St.
Districts 2 and 3 of the Former
Students Associatiion in the South
Plains area of West Texas were
redistricted. Eight counties were
involved in the change of territory.
District 2 gained Lovin, Winkler,
Ector, Ward and Crane counties
from District 3. District 3 gained
three counties, Crockett, Schleicher
and Sutton from District 2.
The committee in charge of col
lections for the 1953 Development
Fund is not satisfied with retunrs
to date, said L. B. Locke of the
Association office here.
To increase the volume of con
tribution to the fund, agents were
appointed to take charge of col-
Fellowships Given
In Oceanography
Fellowships and assistantships
in oceanography are available to
graduates in physical and biologi
cal sciences and engineering, said
Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of the
oceanography department.
Fellowships include the United
Gas Fellowship in Engineering
Oceanography, $3,000 and the Dow
Fellowship in Chemical Oceanogra
phy, $2,000.
sonal touch would have more ef
fect on contributions than mail
solicitations.
Dick Hervey, ’42, executive sec
retary of the Former Students
Association, said the color and
black and white films of Aggie
football games were wanted by
A&M Clubs throughout the state.
Annual meeting of the Former
Students Association was set for
May 23-24 in the MSC.
On March 30, representatives
from A&M Clubs over the state
will meet with, student representa
tives of the same hometown clubs
on campus, said Locke.
Weather Today
SPRING SHOWERS
WEATHER TODAY: Partly
cloudy with occasional light scat
tered rainshowers. The maximum
temperature will probably be in
the upper 70’s and the minimum
tomorrow morning in the middle
60’s.