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TALENT—The talented Young - sisters will ap-
i Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra March 28.
will furnish the music for the Military Ball
cins fct 9 p.m. in Sbisa Hall.
A&M Profs Get Pay Boost
If Senate Passes New Bill
A&M professors may expect at least a $300 increase in
salary if the senate passes a bill approved Monday by its
finance committee.
The bill calls for 10 per cent raises for state employes
who receive a salary of up to $3,000, and a $300-a-year bonus
to those in the higher income brackets.
The raise is limited to teaching personnel and the bill
prohibits granting raises to administrative personnel. Funds
are to be appropriated on the basis of one teacher for each
18 students and $300 for each teacher.
Colleges and universities hold the right to apportion the
raises where they are most deserved.
Senate approval of the bill is probable since 21 of the 31
members serve on the Senate Finance Committee. Another
favorable factor is the suggestion of Gov. Alan Shivers
earlier in the year of a cost-of-living raise for state employes.
America’s Top Band
Flanagan to
For Military
Play
Ball
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion City Editor
The dance band that has earned
in three short years the title
“America’s Number One Band”
will play for the Militaiy Ball,
March 28.
Ralph Flanagan and his orches
tra, featuring Harry Prime, the
Young Sisters, and the Singing
Winds, will also play a concert
in Guion Hall before the dance.
Famous For Records
Best known for his records
“with the Flanagan flair,” the
young orchestra leader says, “The
fh
ioneer Af-
our Fav:
tore,
Members
irticipate
in Meet
embers of A&M’s
ake an active part
iry Manufacturers’
being held in the
and tomorrow.
1. Shepardson, School
ire, will welcome the
I Members to the campus,
r J /ilbyman, head of the
J j/" - ' and nutrition depart-
( fS^peak ipn “The Nutri-
\ ' yrf Milk.”
^ ' i eson,'extension dairy-
, '-Jeak ion “Texas Milk
Current Problems.” T.
- 1, _ L.i|dairy manufacturers’
3IS DulPeak on “The Use of
in Plant Sanitation,”
I g #'tter, also of the dairy
IS Jfs staff, will speak on
Materials for Frozen
• *11* Ti- Motheral, one leave
from the agricultural
id sociology staff to
■* XTffith.e Bureau of Agri-
/ ‘>nomics, will present
ag a dinner session.
y do Ism: 1 wil1 as i U(1 ge
-ice cream and mello-
loke for? clinics. Peters will
from the c °ttage cheese clinic.
’’’..Moore, conference
i head of the dairy
- , fresher,eparfment which spon-
to tast e r al | conference -
'LVbri ve Goal
ist in a ci; at 200 Pints
fresher,Widehts already have
UK
lonate to the South-
Uoodmobile Unit blood
24, said L. J. Phil-
n of the campus drive,
ledges may be made
tarylorganizations for
ts and through dorm
lon-reg students, Phil-
jsier thaihher contributors may
•i •■plication blanks in the
,kejm l 'ioe, in Goodwin Hall,
es andf-^jg y ear j s 200 pints,
lany as ft hat number was don -
,v York^ unit’s first visit here
er, Phillips said.
CAB Challenges
f’ioneer Flight Cuts
The Associated Press said last
night the chairman of the Civil
Aeronautics Board ruled that Pio
neer Airlines “is under the obli
gation of its certificate to contin
ue service to Texas and New Mexi
co cities.
“The board has no intention,”
said chairman Oswald Ryan, “of
permitting people of Texas and
New Mex|^»;,,;-^yv^ .^.^gprlged of
those services.” • ' ; -
Rejects Request
The board last Friday rejected
Pioneer’s request for higher mail
pay rates and the Dallas firm said
it was curtailing its service dras
tically.
Asked about the action, Ryan
commented that the board has—
and probably would use—the power
to have the service rendered by
some other carrier if Pioneer
should suspend its operations.
Pioneer substituted Pacemaker
airplanes for its entire fleet of DC3
planes last June, and asked the
board to increase its mail pay over
the next five years fi-om the jjres-
ent level of about 5 million dollars
to $8,400,000.
The board found that the in
creased pay attributable to the op
eration of the Pacemakers was un
justifiable under rules covei’ing es-
! Payment
1 Pox Pent
\ butis due by March 20,
od luduWalton, postmaster of
ke, thPUon post office.
2 hit ^ uarter payments on
n the MSC is now due
G. SW z paid on or before
■MonOi^o prevent closing of
2 on the large boxes,
e medium size boxes
le small boxes.
m estimated 150 boxes
■ “^le present time.
Junior Judges
Win Honors
In Oklahoma
The Junior Livestock Judging
Teams placed third and fifth in
the intercollegiate judging contest
held in Oklahoma City, Okla,
March 15.
Dr. William Warren, coach, said
he was more than pleased with
the results of contest since it was
the first in which the team had
participated.
A&M placed first and fourth in
judging hogs, fourth and sixth in
cattle, third and sixth in sheep,
and second and seventh in quarter
horses.
< The top five teams in the con
test were Texas Tech, first place;
Oklahoma A&M, second; A&M,
third; Panhandle A&M, Okla.,
fourth; and A&M, fifth.
Raymond O. Rutledge, senior
animal husbandry major and pi’es-
ident of the Saddle and Sirloin
Club, was high point man at the
contest with 46 points out of a
possible 50. He was presented a
plaque and silver belt buckle.
Other individual honors were re
ceived by Walter Worthington, Bill
Oglesby and Raymond McBride.
tablishment of fare rates.
Air mail service to College Sta
tion will be Cut from the original
six deliveries to two per day, ac
cording to T. O. Walton, College
Station postmaster.
The change is a result of a re
cent move by the Civil Aeronau
tics Board to cut down Pioneer
Airlines flights.
Incoming and outgoing air mail
will be picked up and delivered at
3:52 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. each day.
The first plane will take out and
bring in mail to and from north
ern towns. The second will operate
fi - om the south, Walton said.
public wants music they can listen
to and dance to. I give it to them,
with no gimmicks attached.”
Flanagan started in the music
business as an arranger. Among
the name personalities he has
worked for are Sammy Kaye, Tony
Pastor, Charlie Barnet, Tony Mar
tin, Mindy Carson and Perry
Como.
Big Success
After the initial Flanagan rec
ords were released, colleges, thea
tres, hotels, and nightclubs bom-
barded booking agents with re
quests for personal appearances
by the band.
The only trouble was that Flan
agan was heading a studio record
ing band, not a touring organiza
tion. At the insistence of his
friends, business associates, and
other musicians, he formed a reg
ular band.
Band Makes Debut
The new band made its debut
March 15, 1950 in Wrentham,
Mass. Three days later, State Po
lice had to be called to help con
trol the crowds trying to get into
the ballroom.
A series of dance dates and radio
programs helped the new band’s
swift rise. By October, 1950, Bill
board’s annual disc jockey poll
placed Flanagan as the top band
of the year.
Since then, the Flanagan band
has grossed a half million dol
lars, played in person to estimated
thre.e million people, has 44 weeks
of sponsored radio shows, placed
first on every important popular-
(See FLANAGAN, Page 2)
Court Order
To Get Coeds
Planned
at A&M
R. W. McDonald
Will Address
A&S Faculty
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald,
president of Bowling- Green
State University, will address
the School of Arts and Sci
ences faculty on “The Next
Ten Years in Higher Education”
at 4:45 p. m. Friday in the Bio
logical Sciences Lecture Room.
This will be an open meeting
and all members of the college
community are invited, said J. P.
Abbott, dean of the School of
Arts and Sciences.
McDonald is currently touring
the country speaking on Ameri
can education. The Ohio Univer
sity will deliver three speeches in
Texas.
After his visit here McDonald
will deliver the keynote address
in Dallas, March 23, at the an
nual meeting of the Association of
Texas Colleges. He will conclude
his Texas tour with a talk at the
Texas Junior College Association
meeting March 24, in Dallas.
Prior to becoming president of
Bowling Green in 1951, McDon
ald had been, for seven years,
executive secretary of the De
partment of Higher Education of
the National Educational Associa
tion.
♦ State Sen. William T. (Bill) Moore said he will make
A&M coed by a court order as soon as the Legislature ad
journs.
The court order will be based on discrimination, Moore
said in a telephone conversation to a Battalion reporter.
Moore said his associate John M. Barron, Bryan attorney,
would work with him on the matter.
When asked about his resolution to abolish the chancel
lorship of the A&M System, he said if he could be assured
Gibb Gilchrist would quit he would be willing to forget about
abolishing the office.
He further stated that from newspaper stories there
seemed to be a difference of opin
ion among the board of directors
about abolishing the office. He
added he felt the newly appointed
directors were intelligent business
men and loyal Aggie-exes and
A mericanism
Lecture Set
For Saturday
J. D. McCleod, sociology profes
sor at Sam Houston State College,
will discuss “Enlightened Amei’i-
canism” at a workshop of the
Bryan, Huntsville, and College
Station chapters of the Association
of American University Women
here Saturday.
The workshop will be held in the
library of Consolidated High
School, at 2:30 p. m. Afterward,
a panel of four people will dis
cuss various phases of McCleod’s
topic.
Panel members are Dr. T. M.
Brooks, Dr. R. Layer, Mrs. Madge
Wallace, and Mrs. A. Melloh. The
public is invited to attend the talk
and discussion, said Mrs. W. H.
Delaplane, president of the Col
lege Station AAUW.
A luncheon will be held at 1 p.
m. in the MSC Assembly Room
proceeding the workshop.
AF Summer Camp
Locations Named
Preparations for the largest
Summer Camp program in the
AFROTC’s history are now being
made at 61 Air Force Bases
throughout the United States.
Approximately 17,000 cadets
from 209 institutions will use the
bases as camp-sites for the four
week program that is part of
AFROTC training.
A&M’s summer camp site will
probably be announced tbe latter
part of next week, said Col. John
A. Way, PAS&T. It will be one
Fifty Candidates Enter Race
For 26 Campus Positions
Sixteen students filed Tuesday
for eight of the 80 positions to
be filled in the general student
election March 26.
Filing is being conducted in
the Office of Student Activities,
second floor of Goodwin Hall, and
will continue through Friday,
March 20.
Yesterday, thirty four had filed
for office. The candidates are as
follows:
Battalion Co-Editors
Battalion Co-Editors — Jerry
Bennett and Ed Holder.
Aggieland Co-Editor — B. C.
(Dutch) Dutcher.
Senior Class Vice-President—
Roy Hickman and Lester J. Smith.
Senior Class Historian—Chuck
Neighbors.
Senior Class Social Secretary—
Clancy Woliver and Richard B.
Black.
Water Tower Top
To Be Replaced
The water tower will not be
torn down completely, said J. K.
Walker, superintendent of build
ings and campus utilities.
The three rusted top rings of
the tank will be replaced, and two
coats of aluminum paint will be
put on both the inside and outside
of the tank.
The inside of the tank will be
sand blasted before it is painted.
Tank repair specialists have
been contracted to do the work.
It should be finished within a
month, Walker said.
The “Welcome to Aggieland”
sign and the branch insignias will
be repainted on the tower, Walker
added.
Senior Yell Leaders—J. B. (Jim
my) Tyree.
Senior Student Senator
Senior Student Senator—John
C. Akard, E. L. Hensen, Roy Hick
man, Ronnie Hudson, Edwin D.
Lennert, Joe J. Jones, Lester S.
Smith, Alan E. Soefje, Clancy Wol
iver, Chuck Neighbors, Richard B.
Black, and B. F. Vance, Ji\
MSC Council—B. F. Vance, Jr.,
and Clancy Woliver.
Junior Class President—Jim
Baggaley.
Junior Class Vice President—
Robert Rowland.
Junior Class Secretary—Wallace
Eversberg.
Junior Class social Secretary—
Ronnie Greathouse.
Junior Student Senator
Junior Student Senator—Joe E.
King, Frank J. Ford, Dave Lane,
Dick McCasland, Buck Isbell, and
Jerry K. Johnson.
Sophomore Class President—Jim
Renick.
Sophomore Class Vice President
—Donald D. Swofford.
Sophomore Class Recording Sec
retary Bert E. Chinock.
Junior Class Treasurer— Jim
Mathis.
Student Life Committee—Wal
lace Birkes, and Doyle Lowrey.
Junior Yell Leaders
Junior Yell Leaders— R. B.
(Dick) Tull, and Gleen J. Lang
ford.
Athletic Council Corps Repre
sentative—Louis (Louie) Capt.
Athletic Council Non-Corps Rep
resentative—Bill Brucks.
Student Senator from College
View—Lewis N. Springer.
Student Senator fi-om Vet Vil
lage—Earl W. Dancer Jr.
Sophomore Student Senator-f—
B. E. Chinnock, and Donald D.
Swofford.
Student Senator from Mitchell
Hall—Wallace Birkes.
Student Entertainment Man
ager—Ronnie Hudson, and John
C. Akard.
Med Schools Okey
Fre-Meds, Dents
Twelve A&M preparatory medi
cal and four preparatory dental
students have been accepted for
enrollment by the Baylor Medical
School, Southwestern Medical
School, and the University of Tex
as Medical and Dental Schools
said Dr. George Potter.
A complete list of the students
accepted will not be available un
til later in the year. Dr. Potter
said. The students to be accepted
for enrollment in the A&M Veter
inary Medicine School will not be
announced until May, Dr. Potter
said.
Summer Uniforms
Worn March 30
Cadets will be authorized to
wear summer uniforms begin
ning March 30, said Col. Joe
Davis, commandant.
Students may begin to turn
in their winter uniforms to
the Military Property Custod
ian also on that date, he said.
Blouses, short coats, caps,
and trousers must be cleaned
prior to turning them in, he
added.
of the 61 bases being prepared,
however, he added.
About 700 officers and 450
airmen from the 209 AFROTC
detachments will take part in the
summer program.
The 61 Air Force Bases at which
camps will be located are as fol
lows:
Camp Locations
Alabama: Brookley, Craig, Max
well; Arizona: Luke, Williams;
California: Castle, George Hamil
ton, Long Beach Municipal, March,
M a t h e i’, McClellan; Colorado:
Lowry; Florida: Elgin, MacDill,
Tyndall.
Georgia: Lawson, Moody, Rob
ins, Turner; Illinois: Chanute,
Scott ; Louisiana: Alexandria,
Barksdale; Massachusetts: Otis,
Westover; Michigan: Selfridge;
Mississippi: Greenville, Keesler.
Nevada: Nellis; New Jersey:
McGuire; New Mexico: Walker;
New York: Griffiss, Mitchell, Ste
wart; Ohio: Wright-Patterson; Ok
lahoma: Vance; South Carolina:
Donaldson, Shaw, Tennessee:
Sewart.
Texas: Briggs, Bryan, James
Connally, Ellington, Foster, Good-
fellow, Harlingen, Kelly, Laredo,
Perrin, Randolph, Reese, San Mar
cos, Sheppard, Webb; Utah: Hill,
Vermond, Ethan Allen; Virginia:
Langley; Washington: Fairchild,
Larson, McChord.
Site for A&M will probably be
announced the latter part of next
week.
Misunderstanding
Delays Honor Code
The recently proposed scholastic
Honor Code is at a standstill.
A lack of understanding by stu
dents and instructors of the aims
and operations of the proposed
system is delaying its promotion,
said H. W. Barlow, dean of the
School of Engineering.
Investigations by the Intercoun
cil Committee and by- department
heads show there is considerable
misunderstanding among students
concerning the operation of the
honor system, he said.
More time is needed for students
and faculty to familiarize them
selves with the proposal, Barlow
added.
Earlier indications were that
students would vote in their in
dividual classes on the proposed
system about March 24.
would work for the best interests
of A&M and the System.
Two Years to Go
When asked if he intended to
run again for the Senate, he said
he had not given it any thought
yet and had two years before his
term expired.
Moore said if he decides against
running for the office again, he
will not leave Bryan.
Abilene papers in announcing
the set up of a partnership by
Senator Moore and Wayne Dur
ham of Abilene, to write general
insurance, intimated Moore would
leave Bryan.
This partnership has been plan
ned for a number of years and it is
not a “pumped up affair*” accord
ing to Mooi’e.
Moore and Durham were born
and raised in Bryan. Both attend
ed A&M. Each received a bache
lor of science degree in market
ing and finance in 1940.
No Comment
When asked to comment on Sen
ator Moore’s statement, Chancellor
Gibb Gilchrist said that he had no
comment to make. R. Henderson
Shuffler, director of information
for the Texas A&M College Sys
tem, however, said:
“These most recent statements
by Sen. W. T. Moore are on a par
with his other statements of the
past few weeks on matters con
cerning A&M College and the Tex
as A&M College System. They are
ridiculous, vicious, and display an
amazing ignorance of this organi
zation and of the facts concerning
it.
Entitled to Opinion
“Sen. Moore is, of course, en
titled to his opinion concerning the
advisability of co-education at the
A&M College of Texas, even to the
point of continuing the fight for
it in the face of a clear expression
of opinion by the people of the
state and by the Senate, of which
he is a member. If he wishes to
take the matter into court, and can
find a client, it will become a mat
ter for the court to decide.
“Sen. Moore’s statement that, if
he could be assm*ed Chancellor Gibb
Gilchrist would quit, he would be
willing to forget about abolishing
the Office of the Chancellor of the
Texas A&M College System, clear
ly defines his objective as one of
personal prejudice, rather than one
of organizational principal. If his
objective in introducing a resolu
tion in the Senate was to frighten
Chancellor Gilchrist into resigning,
I am sure he is wasting his time.
Gibb Gilchrist is well known as a
man who doesn’t scare easily.
“It is a matter of record that
in June of 1951, Mr. Gilchrist re
minded the Boar^d of Directors of
the Texas A&M College System
of the established policy of retir
ing from executive duties any em
ployee of the System who has
reached the age of 65. At this
time the person retiring from ex
ecutive duties becomes eligible for
modified service in a non-executive
post.
Asked for Successor
“Mr. Gichrist asked the Board
in June of 1951 to begin a search
for a successor so that one might
be named in time for him to go
on modifed service in March of
1953.
“In their September, 1952 meet
ing the Board of Directors told Mr.
Gilchrist that they had not been
able to select a successor for him
and asked him to continue in the
position of Chancellor until Aug.
31, 1953, completing the fiscal year
of the System and giving them
some additional time in which to
make a selection. Mr. Gilchrist
agreed to this request.
“Mr. E. W. Harrison, Chairman
of the Board Committee for nomi
nating a successor to Mx*. Gilchrist,
has stated that he later asked Mr.
Gilchiist if he would consider con
tinuing in office beyong Aug. 31,
if the Boax*d had not been able to
find the man it wanted to fill this
(See CHANCELLOR, Page 4£
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