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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1953)
at, In- julatod Daily f ,J^ 90 Per Cent fort&cal ltes!(!euls ionship.l Wolff V, make a i ion Published By A&M Students For 75 Years PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE JaekE; : Volume -m COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEX^tS TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 195‘ Price Five Cents OKs COMMENCEMENT Committee onor Code T HERETICS—Bud and Jean Ross won the le award at the annual architects’ ball. Ross were dressed in costumes depicting heretics in fins. The award was made Saturday at the Nor the Bryan American Legion Hall. ■Stalil i tects Ch oose Hardy Ball Costume B E ARDWABl n Ross, Hrownwood, • CHINA? the best costume ■ anmuil avchitects’ 1 BAB. was made at the Bryan American Re- )ante , s Inferno” was « -pies, dressed in cos- n t0mniK uin- to the theme, lall through a dark • o into the main room. irst 0ll liire ctly opposite the •ge head rei)resentinj? &I *UT,Rice eers Meet ech Fest Member Ft: Insurant! i f b u a 1 triangular ilJDIUlontest of the Am- ety of Mechanical T’ xrnrrpvill be held tomor- m. in Room 3D of & CLE.I versify of Texas and liorizcd Dwinpoto in the event .msored by the south (Hoine )‘i of the ASME. k East oft are ’ participating: in ) prepare for the Reg- iOLLEGEJi Npw Orleans, La., hpee,‘places in tomor- will he awarded one to the senior society and all contestants a participation award, r. the meet will be cing engineers from ree pnembers of the thi'ee students. 7 field will broaden ntest reaches regional these schools will i Texas Tech, SMU, ioui t5i ana Pol ytechnic -is who will represent E. A. 1’roehaska and Carlow. 1’rochaska will irVAbree * Riston Engine.” ill speak about “Natu- Com—- , '.her Today utritio 111 CL EA R <ER TODAY: Clear. The rday was 79 and the low ng was 48, Dante with fluorescent eyes, eye brows, hair and lips. Large murals measuring about 5 by 20 feet, hung from the walls, and hundreds of paper bats were suspended from the ceiling. The American Legion Hall had to be rented Thursday through Sat urday morning to complete the decorations, Bill Stalter said, and students’ dates who arrived early helped. Best Costume A prize was given for the best costume at the ball. Couples were dressed in costumes depicting the various types of sinners in hell, and their punishments. The award committee members were Joe Drake, president of the student chapter of the ATA, Don Williford, Dallas, ami Stalter, Dal las. . .. Few Out of Costume Few peojile attended the ball out of costume, Stalter said, and it was really a success. Serving on. the various commit tees of the half were Paul Lassen, San Angela, - decorations-; Alex Brailas, Houston, refreshments; Doyle Lowry, Midland, band; and John Dudley, House. The Prairie View Collegians, npgro band from Prairie View A&M, supplied the music for the dance. A dinner was served at 1 a.m. by the Architect Wives Club. TCU Proxy To SpeaK Dr. M. E. Sadler, president of Texas Christian University, has accepted an invitation to give the commencement ad dress here May 29. President of TCU since 1941, Dr. Sadler is internationally known in church and educa tional circles. He is' imme diate past president of the American Association of Col leges. Cadets Parac le Action W eck April 7- The Intercouncil Committee approved yesterday the proposed Honor Code and recommended that students adopt it during the week of April 7-11, following spring recess. Minor confusion and disagreement on procedure of in troducing the code has caused most of the delay, the com mittee said. The committee originally planned to have the code in operation today. On a motion by Arts and Sciences Councilman John S. Samuels of Galveston, the committee unanimously approved initiating the scholastic Honor Code as soon as possible. ► Dr. Charles N. Shepardson, dean of the School of Agriculture, felt the Academic Council had to sanc tion the move before it was pre sented to the .classes by the in structors. He agreed later to pre sent it to his faculty but also asked that the Academic Council be asked to give its “confirmation or com mendation of the action.” Military Day Celebration to Dance, for Brass By JOEL AUSTIN Battalion Co-Editor A&M shows off its military might Saturday in a gala Military Day celebration. A group of dis tinguished military leaders and congressmen will be guests of the corps of cadets for the activities planned. Starting with a stdg dinner giv en in the MSC by President M. T. Harrington at 5 p.m. Friday, the activities end With the Military Ball in Sbisa Hall Saturday night. Heading the list of distinguished guests is Congressman Olin E. Teague of College Station. Other lawmakers coming include Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr., of McAllen, a re serve AF Lt. Colonel who led 50 missions over Germany during World War II and James P. S. Devereaux, a retired Marine Corps Brig. General who gained fame in defense of Wake Island where he was captured by the Japanese. The General Said ‘Nuts’ Among th^ many outstanding military men coming from all over the country will be Col. Francis S. Gabreski, top living air ace, and Lt. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, world famous for his reply of “nuts” to a German order to sur render when his force was sur rounded at Bastone in World War IPs Battle of the Bulge. The distinguished visitors have been invited to attend the Combat Ball Friday night in Sbisa Hall as guests of the first regiment. f pi mo re Named To Honor Society Jim Uptmore was awarded a membership in the John Newman Honorary Society at the 1953 con vention of the South Texas Pro vince of Newman Clubs Saturday in the MSC. The award he received is the highest honor awarded by the Newman Club. He was given the membership at a formal dance Saturday night in the Ballroom. Uptmoi’e, senior agricultural ed ucation major from West, Texas, is president-of the* local club and province treasurer, Martha Full- bright, senior from Baylor . who edited last year’s club newspaper, was also enrolled in the society. A&M and Baylor were host schools for the conference of Cat holic student life organizations which opened Friday with the re gistration of 140 delegates repre senting 14 South Texas colleges and universities. The convention has been held at A&M for the past two years. Aggies Get Posts Two Aggies "were elected pro vince officers for the coming year. Jerry Ledwig, junior from Groom, was elected chairman, which corre sponds to president. Charles Hlavinka, from East Bernard was voted corresponding secretary, their new officers are Audrey Rig- ney of Baylor, recording secretary; Pat Fisher, Blinn Junior College, historian; and Mark Kubala, TU, vice-chairman. The theme of the convention was “The. Catholic Courtship and Marriage”, and panel discussions on different facets of this topic were held Saturday afternoon. Each school had two delegates taking notes at each panel. They will make reports to their clubs when they return and the points brought out at the convention will he spread through the province, Uptmore said. Jerry Estes Voted Secretary of SJC Jerry Estes, sophomore journal ism major, was elected secretary of the Southwest Journalism Con- gi-ess Saturday at the annual meet ing at the University of Houston. Jack Castleman of Oklahoma A &M was elected president for the coining year, and Bob Kenney, University of Texas, was named to the vice-president post. The congress business dealt with the various new phases of new spaper activity, said Jerry Ben nett, junior journalism major at A&M. Bennett was president of the 1953 conference. Next year’s meeting will be held on the Oklahoma A&M campus. The program Saturday begins with a luncheon given by Cadet Colonel of the Corps Weldon Kru ger. Scheduled for the banquet room of Sbisa Hall, the luncheon honoring Military Day guests will be attended by top cadet officers and their dates. First call for the corps review will be at 1:30 p.m. Cadets will begin the parade on the main drill field at 1:50 p.m. A fdcepti'bh given by President Harrington in the MSC Ball Room following the review will honor distinguished guests and will be attended by cadet officers and staff members of the school of Military Science. Ralph Flanagan Plays The dance Saturday will feature the music of Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra from 9 until 12 p.m. Tickets are on sale by unit and staff supply sergeants at $2.50. A concert by the Flanagan or chestra is to be held in Gulon Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are on sale, in the office of Student Activities, ? second floor Goodwin Hall, at 75 cents. Students taking Army or Air ROTC will be ailowted to attend the Ball. Those who have taken ROTC, but are not presently en rolled, may attend in uniform, said Joe Mattei, general chairman. Faculty personnel and former stu dents who are members of reserve or national guard units will be admitted if in uniform, he added. Military Ball tickets for people not in the corps may also be pur chased at the Student Activities Office. Commend Students The Intercouncil asked that Shepardson and Dr. H. W. Barlow, dean of the School of Engineering present a resolution to the Aca demic Council asking for the com mendation of the students for their action in planning and initiating the Honor Code. The committee also approved and recommended that deans and de partment heads completely inform the instructors about the Honor Code. This is to allow them to present it in their class and be able to answer questions. Honor pledge blanks and other informa tion will be provided the professors by the committee. A number of questions concern ing the new code, which requires students “to report the offense, but need not report the offender” to the instructor, were answered by the committee. These questions, with answers by the committee, will be published later in T h e Battalion. Flight Cut to Training Three Years Air Force ROTC Cadets entering flight training now will be required to serve three years instead of the previous four. The Air University released this older and said it is effective im mediately. The order will effect Air Force ROTC seniors who will go on active duty in May or June. Capt. C. B. Doleac, senior flight operations instructor, said the change should have a big effect on the many students who refused flight training on the grounds that four years was too long to spend in the service. Actual ground and advanced flight school training takes about 13 months according to Doleac. This means flight trainees will serve the same length of time on active duty as other Air Force of ficers. “It gives the future pilots a more even break,” said Col. John A. Way, PAS&T. He says the change in time should remove much of the objection to flight training. The change should not have much effect on transfers from Army to Air Foi-ce, said Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T. Weldon Kruger, corps command er, said he had first decided not to go to flight school, but since the reduction of the training pe riod, he may decide to sign up. Jim Haney, commander of the second wing, said he thinks the change is a good idea, and it should gain more volunteers for the flight program. “I haven’t made up my mind definitely yet concerning flight training, but I’m sure that this change will have some effect on my final decisions,” he said. Cartwright To Address Business Society at 7:30 E. O. Cartwright will speak at the Business Society meeting, Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 p. m. in the Biological Science Building, said B. Q. (Buck) Evans, president of the Business Society. A resident partner of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Finner and Bean in Dallas, Cartwright will discuss the field of investment. The meeting is open to the pub lic, Evans added. A&M Prof, Student In jured in Wreck B. L. Price of the English de partment and Jerry Yates, sopho more from Fort Worth, were in jured in a head on atomuobile col lision at (5:42 p.m. Sunday. The accident occurcd between Bryan and College Station on Highway. (5. A1 Chapman of 1010 Walton Drive, in the same car with Yates was also slightly injured. All three are in Bryan Hospit al. Price suffered a broken leg and a broken jaw. Yates sustained bruises, con tusions and lacerations of the fore head, said Dr. R. M. Searcy of Bryan. Chapman suffered only minor lacerations and bruises, said Dr. Searcy. Hospital attendants said his condition was not critical. Bryan police were still ready ing a report on the mishap. Of ficers who investigated the ac cident could not be reached for comment. * Over 1200 See Talent Show In Onion Friday Over 1200 people paid to see the second annual Inter collegiate Talent Show Friday night in Guion Hall. Fourteen acts composed the well-balanced program, said Bar ton Raynaud, chairman of the MSC music committee. Jimmie Harrison, folk singer, and Ernie Martelino, Latin Ameri can pianist, represented A&M. Mary Sue Stramler, pop singer from TCU, started the show. Bil lie Biggs, modern jazz dancer from Fort Woith, Helen Marshall, Am arillo pop singer from North Texas State College and Rosalind Wilson, tap dancer from SMU, were repeat performers from last years sellout show. All acts were picked by the MSC music committee which toured southwest colleges to observe and obtain talent. The entertainers expressed a de sire to come back for the show next year. Raynaud was confident that the show will be continued next Miss Rosalind Wilson SMU Tap Dancer NEWS BRIEFS Deans Attend- Dallas Meet DEAN David H. Morgan, J. P. Abbott, John R. Bertrand and Dr. Robert Jacobs ai’e on the program of the annual meeting of the As sociation of Texas Colleges. The meeting will last through Wednesday. Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, pi’e- sident of Bowling Gi'een State Uni versity, Bowling Green, Ohio, de livered the key address. He spoke to the Arts and Sciences faculty here last weekend. ❖ :J« JOHN C. McGuire will speak to the AAUP at 7:30 p. m. Thursday on the Eighth National Conference on Higher Education held in Chi cago. velopment of teaching pei'sonnel, Me Guire attended the section deal ing with the responsibility of in dividual faculty members. >;c i>c PROFESSOR Henry Ross, of the agriculture education department, has been named guest editor of the March issue of the Agricultural Education Magazine. Sjc ' 3jc THE AGGIE Players chose Mrs. Virginia Lemmon to represent them at the Cotton Pageant and Ball, April 24, according to B. B. Smith, president. * s': * DEAN OF THE COLLEGE, David Committee chairman for the de- H. Morgan, welcomed the Sixth Annual Conference for Protective Relay Engineers here yesterday. Sponsored by, the department of electi'ical engineering, registration began at 10 a.m. yesterday. * * * MOST COLLEGES and universi ties are not adequately preparing students to meet rapidly changing problems, said Col. Willard Chev alier last night. Speaking to students from the various academic councils, the ex ecutive vice president of the Mc- Graw Hill Publishing Co. said the greatest weakness of educational institutions is that they fail to get across “a feeling, a sense of his tory on what has been happening and what it means.” Town Hall Group Picks Ten Shows The 1953-54 Town Hall Commit tee chose yesterday 10 possible features for next year at its meet ing in Goodwin Hall. Committee members are C. C. (Spike) White, Lyle Wolfskill, Ronnie Hudson, J. H. Sorrels, Carl E. Tishler, W. M. Turner, Jerry Bennet and Bob Hendry. The selections, which are to he narrowed down to five or six, are as follows: i Singing and dancing ensembles, | American Album of Familiar Mu- I sic ' and Gershwin Festival; sym- : phony orchestra, San Antonio Sym- : phony; drama, Charles Laughton I and John Braowns Body, starving | Tyrone Power, Raymond Massey, 5 I and Judith Anderson. Singing attractions, Westminis ter Choir-and The Rondoliers, male quartet; individual artists, Alec Templeton and Ethel Smith; and special attractions, Music Circus which features Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or Showboat. The committee will be glad to consider anyone’s suggestions con cerning these selections, White said. Anyone with special prefer ences should contact one of the Town Hall Committee members, he added. Roeder Will Speak On U.S. Commerce E. M. Roeder, business specialist with the U. S. Department of com merce will give a series of hour- long lectures, Wednesday, March 25 in the Physics Lecture Room. The subject of Roeder’s talks will concern the services and re search materials available from the Department of Commerce. Students may attend these lec tures at an hour from 8-11 a. m. Wednesday and 1 and 2 that after noon.