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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
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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.