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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1953)
t irculated Daily Co 90 Per Cent Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1953 Published By 1 A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents TrasaL*.: S Aline Groner ►homores, RYs l ? eatured m eekend’s Activities Aggies, Sex And Spillane If Mickey Spillane wrote text books, Aggies would be the most educated men in the United States. Over 600 students have flocked to various book stores to grab Spillane’s newest book, “Kiss Me Deadly.” “I’ve sold over 200 copies reported Nita at Nita’s News Stand & Confectionary at the North Gate. “I only have about 25 copies left,” she added. “This is not the biggest sale I have had with Spillane’s books,” Nita continued. “I once sold over 140 copies of one of his earlier books in one night.” f the big spring week- he schedule for today y- ig the Class of 1955, nt of the weekend will omore Ball from 9 to night in Sbisa Hall. ;duled are the Ross all and banquet Satur- fe Pue Pinnlle Friday MSC. Din ores will dance to | of the Praire View r their annual spring sts, $2 stag or date, ained in the Student ffice, second floor of . n * > Finalists Set dance a Sophomore will be chosen from s selected by pictures. sts are Sarah Barber, y Jack Lonquist; Bar- submitted by Bennie an Seaman, submitted nd; Aline Groner, sub- 'aul Kennon; and Mar- Ammer, submitted by e class officers in the dance are W. R. innon, president; Pat e - president; Wallace secretary; Thurmond ■easurer; Mac Moore, at - arms; and Tommy cial ’secretary. (•Volunteer banquet will 1 p. m. at Maggie Park- Room in Bryan. The Orchestra will play for the MSC gftei* the ban- Cafe Rue Pinalle Friday night will feature talent from the Uni versity of Texas, Pedro Barbar and his rhythmic Spanish dances and Liz Holmes and her “torch” songs. Also on the program will be the Stephen F. Austin College dance l, starts team and their newest tap dance routines. The MSC combo, with Pete May- eaux as vocalist, will provide music for dancing. The dancing will start at 8:30 p. m. in the bowling alley area of the MSC. The floor show at 10:15 p. m. ivited Guests *3 m their dates, and in- Ajs will be allowed to at- Joe Wallace, RV Com- mm Miss Barbara Burke Miss Margaret Ann A miner A&M Delegates Attend ASAE Meet in Okla. Six delegates from the A &M chapter of the American Society of Agricultural Engi neers will attend the meeting of the southwest section of the ASAE at Oklahoma A&M this weekend. Don Young, Senior agricultural engineering major from Bryan, and five other A&M delegates left this morning for Stillwater. Young is president of the southwest stu dent section of the ASAE. Students from ASAE chapters at LSU, University of Arkansas, Oklahoma A&M, and Texas A&M will make progress reports at the meeting today. The program for the meeting in cludes a talk by C. E. Ball, an A&M graduate and associate editor of the Farm Journal. The student sections will sit in on sessions of the professional chapters of the ASAE this after noon and Saturday. Drive Here . . D,131.64 pus Chest Drive netted Tie money will be used i Twelfth Man Scholar- ;o a foreign student and ' exas student. lions from dormitories )9, with three dormi- to be counted. Other , , ,ns Were fight night, id the movie “We’ve i Licked,” $405.50. Hudspeth, chairman of at Senate Chest Com- as commended by the t night for “a job well s 111 1 1 ther Today Panel Talks To Be Civen By Accountants The sixth annual Accounting Conference will be held here April 17-18. Two panel discussions entitled “A Program of Financial Planning and Controls” and “Renegotiation and Redetermination of Prices” will highlight the meeting. Dr. David H. Morgan, dean of the college, will give the address of welcome to the conference. More than 200 expected to attend. The panel discussion wiU be by the Monsanto Chemical Company on “A Program of Financial Plan ning and Controls.” W. G. Cun ningham of San Antonio Chapter, National Association of Cost Ac countants, will preside. Taking part in this panel discus sion will be Daniel M. Sheehan, vice - oresident and comptroller, phosphate division. Patrick J. Dowd, director of in ternal auditing; Walter C. Thilk- ing, assistant to the vice-president and comptroller; M. C. Covert, comptroller, organic chemicals div ision; E. J. Cunningham, assistant comptroller. The other panel discussion will be on “Renegotiation and Redeter mination of Prices.” R. L. Brum- mage, controller, Dresser Indus tries Inc., will chair the panel and participants will be Amos J. Coff man,' council, Chicago Regional Board; Truxton Shaw, assistant professor of accounting, SMU: Les lie Mills, partner, Price Watei 1 - house and Co. CLEAR IER TODAY: Clear to udy. The maximum tem- s expected to be near 80 'd the minimum in the between 60-65 degrees, yesterday was 86 and the norning 61. Rainfall re- Easterwood airport yes- •is .15 inch with light hail. Martin to Receive Writing Awards Holloway Martin, senior journ alism major from Groesbeck, left yesterday for Beaumont to attend the Texas Gulf Coast Press As sociation convention today and Saturday. Martin, winner of the Rural Journalism Contest, sponsored by the association, will be presented with a $100 cash award, a gold make-up rule, and an all-expense paid trip to the convention. His survey, titled “School News in the Community Newspaper,” was selected from entries submit ted by juniors and seniors from Texas colleges offering a four-year curriculum in journalism. MSC Gives DSA To Six Last Night The MSC Council presented last night six Distinguished Service Awards to five students and a fac ulty member at the Annual Meet ing of the Council. Those receiving the highest awards presented by the Council for their “stalwart support of and contribution to the development of the MSC social and educational program” were: Dr. John H. Quisenberry, f i r st Chairman of the MSC Council, 1950. Rodney Heath of Corpus Christi, Directorate Chairman of the House Committee. Canterbury Club To Attend Meeting Members of the A&M Canter bury Club will take part in the third annual Canterbury Conven tion to be held at St. Mark’s Church in Houston April 17-19. All Episcopal students and their friends are urged to attend, said Don Strange, president of the campus group. Reservations for the convention must be made with Strange, who lives in Dorm 6, or with Scotty Paraham, Walton Hall, before April 12. The fee is $4.50. The Reverend Howard A. John son, professor of theology at the University of the South, will be the main speaker. The theme of the convention is “The Resurrec tion and Its Meaning for Life.” The club will meet in St. Thomas Chapel at 7:15 Wednesday night to complete arrangements for the trip. Carroll Phillips of Henrietta, Councilman. John S. Samuels of Gqlveston, Council and Directorate Vibe Pres ident and Chairman of'the Nation al Association of College Unions. Boyce Holmes of Houston, form er Directorate Chairman of the Dance Committee. Frank N. Manitzas of San Ange lo, Councilman and Co-Editor of The Battalion. Outgoing Council President La mar McNew of College Station re ceived a camera from the Center in appreciation for his work doing the last year. ‘ Other awards were presented to I Directorate and Council Commit tee members who were outstanding in their work. Mrs. Helen Atter- berry, secretary to the Director, al so was given a gift in token of the extra work she had done toward helping the Council this year. Samuels, newly elected presi dent, accepted command of the Council at the end of the program. All of the new officers of the Council and Directorate assumed their duties last night. Council members receiving awards were: John O. Childs, Ken neth G. Hall, John C. Akard, Joel E. Austin, Haskell L. Simon, Dr. Carl W. Landiss, Calvin R. Guest, J. B. (Dickj Hervey. Directorate sponsors receiving awards were: Dr. John Q. Hays, Mrs. Ann Hilliard, Miss Betty Bolander, Marvin H. Butler, Mrs. Jewel Marshall, Thomas Buddy. Directorate members receiving awards were: Augusta M. Fox- (See MSC AWARD, Page 4) Lung Collapse Near Fatal To Student David Lee Mitchell, senior archi tecture major from Albuquerque, N. M., is in critical condition from a lung collaspe during the Easter holidays. The lung condition developed Sunday and Mitchell was rushed to a hospital to undergo an operation. Although he was not expected to live through Monday, he was given another operation and his condi tion improved slightly. While in school, Mitchell was active in YMCA work and served as part time music director for the Baptist Student Center. Convocation Set For A&S Awards The Arts and Sciences student awards will be presented at a con vocation tentatively scheduled for May 11 in Guion Hall, said Dr. G. W . Schlesselman, convocation chairman. He also said that changing of the convocation ceremonies to All- College Day, May 9, is under con sideration. Dr. W. H. Delaplane is chairman of the faculty committee consider ing candidates for the awards. Student Appreciation awards to faculty members will be present ed at the convocation by Ralph Wallingford, President of the Stu dent Council, Sparks Gets ’53 Agent; Most Offices Run-Offs Seal Drive Is Falling Short Of 1952 Total Easter Seal donations are falling short of the total col lected last year, said Luther Jones, president of the East er Seal Committee. So far this year the drive has collected $549 as compared to $650 for last year. However, Jones ex plained that the drive would not close until April 30. “We are hoping to equal last year’s total,” he said. “We always have made it and I don’t think this year will be any different since donations are still coming in.” Three - fourths of the amount collected in this area will be turned over for local work by the com mittee. Included in this work is the Annual Crippled Childi-en’s Clinic to be held Monday. This clinic offers free diagnosis to chil dren in Brazos, Bm-leson, Robert son, Madison, Grimes, Washington, and other counties. “Besides the Clinic, we also handle any cases that come up during the year,” Luther said. “Our work includes help to needy children suffering from all types of crippling.” Gene Sparks was elected class ’53 agent to the Former Students Association in general campus class elections yes terday. He was the only officer picked by the seniors. B. Q. (Buck) Evens was selected assistant class agent. There were 1,331 votes cast from 8 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. The senior class had 150 votes, the junior class 575, the sopho more class 464, and the freshman class cast 142 votes. Monty Montgomery was chosen head yell leader for 1953-54 by corps juniors, while J. B. (Jimmy) Tyree received the other corps senior yell leader position. In the only other final election for senior offices, John C. Akard was selected student entertainment manager. Classes Vote Down New Honor Code Response to the proposed honor code is generally unfavorable in the few departments reporting in the School of Arts and Sciences, said J. P. Abbott, dean of the school. “The students are voting the honor code down by large majori ties,” Abbot said. He explained this reaction by saying “the stu dents themselves have been per haps a little fast in pushing the code. The results so far reported are. in no way indicative that the honor code will fail, he added. The schools of agriculture and engineering as yet have no indi cation as to how the student ballot ing has run. Mobile Unit To Give X-Rays April 11 -18 Free Tuberculosis chest X- rays will be taken tomorrow through April 18, except Sun day, in the MSC. The survey offers a free chest X-ray to every resident 15 years of age or older in an effort to detect unknown tuberculosis victims. It is sponsored by the Brazos County Tuberculosis As sociation and the State Depart ment of Health. The unit will operate from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Last year 12,249 X-rays were taken in Brazos County, with 6,- 004 being made in College Station. Mrs. R. H. Bush, executive secre tary of the Brazos County Tuber culosis Association, urged all Col lege Station residents to take ad vantage of this free service. In reminding them to have an X-ray, she said everyone needs a check each year. A light case may develop from one year to the next, she said. “If this is the case, chances are that the case will be slight and cure can be rapid,” she added. Funds from the sale of Christ mas seals finance the drive. Al though X-ray is free to citizins, the cost to the Association for each X-ray is 75 cents. Cotton Price is chairman of the College Station drive, and W. L. Penberthy, dean of men, is head of student publicity. MACHINE GUN—One of the many Leonardo Da Vinci’s inventions on display in the MSC promenade is this model of a 10-barreled machine gun. The barrels could be fired one by one or simultaneously, as occasion demanded. Picking all but two of their of ficers in the first ballot, freshmen, named the following sophomore class officers: recording secretary, Don Powell; social secretary, Jan. David Broderick; treasurer, Clay McFarland; parliamentarian, Le- Roy (Bull) Williams and sergeant- at-arms, J. H. Sutherland. Results of the balloting were not released by the election commis sion. Only the names of men in the run-offs were made available for publication. “The election committee felt it may hurt the feelings of some men by releasing to the press the num ber of votes each candidate re ceived,” said Charles (Bubba) Blank, chairman. Candidates may find out how many votes they got in the election by asking in person at the Student Activities Office, second floor Goodwin Hall, said. Blank. Run-off elections for senior, ju nior, and freshman class officers will be Tuesday in the MSC lobby, just inside the Post Office en trance, said Blank. Members of the commission will conduct the balloting from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Run-off for Juniors In the run-off for class ’54 offi cers are as follows: President: Charles A. (Andy) Gary, Ted J. Uptmore and P a t Wood; vice-president: Dennv Cole, William M. (Bill) Reed and Bill Rowland; recording secretary: John A. Matush, B. P. Pantuso and Hugh Philippus; social secretary: Harold Kupfer, Gil T. Stribling, and Clancy Woliver. Treasurer: C. E. (Chuck) Fen ner, Jim Sojourner and Carl W. Wilson; parliamentarian: Marvin H. Ford, Alan E. Soefje; historian: C. C. (Chuck) Neighbors and Ed Stern; sergeant - at - arms: Larry Joyce, Marcus Williams and Le COMING DOWN—A pyramid shaped “tent of linen”, as Leonardo Da Vinci called it, is now on dis play in the MSC promenade. Da Vinci is supposed to have used the parachute and found it successful. ‘Modern’ Show Bv Da Vinci In MSC Now A 400-year old exhibit of “modern” devices, including an airplane, a helicopter, a military tank, an air con ditioner, a hydraulic pump and a parachute, is now on dis play in the MSC promenade. Invented by Leonai’d do Vinci, famous for his paintings “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper”, the models were furnished by the In ternational Business Machine Coi’- poiation. The MSC Art Gallery is sponsoring the show here. The working models were made from da Vinci’s sketches by Dr. Roberto Guatelli, noted da Vinci scholar. Other models will be shown later when space is avail able. Da Vinci’s ideas are similar to many modeim developments. Engi neers say that his helicopter would have flown if built. Some of his inventions wex’e in actual use dui*- ing his time. (See ELECTION, Page 4) Senate Moves To Coordinate Students-Profs A step toward the better ing of student-professor re lations was made last night by the Student Senate. Their actions wer^ basnd on suggestions m’esented to the Senate in a letter fx'om C. G. (Snike) White. He asked that (1) cadet officers urge students to have more conferences with their professoi’s, (2) instructors should be invited to eat in the mess hall with the students -and in x-eturn have the professors invite the stu dents to eat in their homes, (3) set aside one hour each semester for a school-wide coffee. The Senate approved inviting the instructors to eat with the students, but voted down the pai’t of the proposal that would ask the instructors to invite the students into their homes. They strongly approved the motion urging more conferences and asked the pro fessors to take the fii'st step to ward better relations. They felt that any action by the students should be on a group basis. A report was submitted on the TISA meeting at which the same problems were discussed. It xvas pointed out that student- pro fessor x-elationships need bettering most in the lai’ger colleges. A motion asking that no signs be put up for elections was also passed by the Senate. They asked that signs ah’eadv up should be taken down by the student who put them up. The i-easons cited by the Senate for this action were: the signs were against Aggie tradi tions, the cost to the candidates involved, cluttering the campus with cheap publicity, and cam paigning should be on the basis of how well the candidate pi'esents himself to the students. Plans to improve the intramural fields wex-e discussed. It was de cided that the field south of Dun can be plowed up and impxoved. A px-oposal for the college px-oviding sandbag bases was defeated.