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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1953)
si jt m, ■ \ circulated Daily (iail SjTo 90 Per Cent D r. l, I-; Local Kesidents niversitj- P ^bool, Wil! 1 ; ">y at 4 I MB MMITallOn PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents i m m its. The Battalion Award Winners for 1953 Jt ffafter the Student-Prof Banquet recently were \s winners of The Battalion Awards. They are light) Dr. David H. Morgan, dean of the college; hiell (back) professor of poultry husbandry; Jo- orrels, professor of civil engineering; Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher, counselor in the Third Division; Dr. Dale F. Leipper, head of the oceanography department; Lt. Col. Charles R. Stapp, associate professor of air sciences and tactics. )ak Ridge gist Talks April 30 lliam A. Arnold, biologist of Oak itional Laboratory e to the' public on Connected With sis” pn the Biological ikling Lecture Room, pril 30, at 8 p. m. ceived a B S from the nstitute of Technology a Ph D from Harvard n 1935. He was a fellow and instructor in ihysics at Copenhagen, Deans Think Approve DS System One Honors; of Best iip IE Dak Ridge National Arnold has devoted his •eer to photosyhthesis. udied the calorimetric '■v /'ln of the quantum . ' % lotosynthosis and the yi v - 2 chloj-ophvll - deficient -done woi’k on the aspects of light in the ;nt are unllT chlorophyll and the ultraviolet light on sis through the de- 1,6 * caiibon dioxide accep- , uctidn centers. )umustj. - * : ■ ' leir use in studying the irk steps in photosyn- By CALVIN PIGG Battalion News Staff Deans of various schools believe A&M’s system of recognizing out standing students is one of the best. Six hundred and seventy-two students won distinguished Stu dent ratings during the fall semes ter. In a canvass of deans, admin istrators voiced reasons foi 1 allow ing Distinguished Students rather generous privileges regarding class attendance. Sentiment was if a student dem onstrated himself a good student he should befable to govern him self in studies and in class attend ance. College Regulations provide that a Distinguished Student may ' he absent from Jtnji theory i; 'class ex cept for announced quizzes. Unlimited Cuts When asked if othhi 1 students should be allowed unlimited class' cuts as long as the student’s grades were high, the deans voiced an em phatic—“no.” “A student should know if he is getting full benefit from his college studies and should govern Elected Chairman v“n i’-CaS Recreation Council hysical coo; gers of the agricultural ETWEEN i e P al 'tment is the new f the College Station BSERVER Council. other officers were server, youfnday. Other new of- . [A. E. (Buddy) Denton, barament, i !nt . Mrs _ Walter Dola _ ; Engineerin! tai 'y; Ed Ty y, treasurer. ° 'rs and Herb Thompson imended to be on the ion Board by the coun- Weel \N w in finance two new iseball leagues, along iwanis and Lions Club said Rogers. The coun- . il sponsor the American i and manu p r0 g ram an( j an all league. date for the city’s re- her tests, )«• p,. 0 g raia vvill be in Jet Traininglalthough some of the you a four-r°8'i'ams begin earlier, cil’s program and com- u re: : — unment. Swimming, Mi’s. J. W. Potts, chairman; Mrs. Fred Weick and Carl Tishler. Tennis, Mrs. Norman Anderson, chairman; George Potter. Pre-school, Mrs. Carroll Laverty, chairman; Bob Skrabanek. Tumbling, K. A. Manning, chair man; Mrs. Delaplane. Baseball, Denton, chairman; Thompson and Ivy. Lincoln School, Mrs. Armstrong Price, chairman; L. S. Richardson. Picnics and Parties, Skrabanek, chairman; Ran Boswell and Mrs. Delaplane. : 0 rce ReciAfot Required iHiNGTOflii ior"s Serge ire not required to wear on summer serge uni- 5, said Col. Taylor Wil- tant [commandant, re reminded that chev- be worn on all khaki ther privately owned or t issue, he said, miforms must be clean- •ned in prior to May 1, Class A Dress Set For Muster Review Class A uniform will be worn April 21, when the Corps of Cadets participate in the Aggie Muster Review, said Lt. Col. Taylor Wil kins, assistant commandant. Juniors will wear khaki ties. All seniors and staff junior's will wear green ties. Seniors will wear boots and cadet officers will carry sabers, he said. The corps will fall out in the dormitory area at 3:15 p. m. and will move out at 3:20, Wilkins added. Units will march on the field in a four man front and will pass the reviewing stand in an eight man front. This will be a graded corps re view, he said. himself accordingly,” said Charles N. Shepardson, dean of the School of Agriculture. “If students are allowed unlim ited cuts from class, some would cut their own throats.” J. P. Abbott, dean, of the School of Arts and Sciences, said there needs to be a self-stimulus on the No (Change In Uniform Set for AF AF ROTC cadets will not change to the Air Force’s blue uniform next year, said Col. John A. Way, PAS&T. Way also said he has no inten-j, tion of supplying AFROTC cadets with rifles as has been rumored. I f aV<£• M Air Force cadets should ever change to the blue uniform modifications might be made so seniors could still wear boots, he added. The Fourth Army, fumishes uni forms for A&M’s AFROTC, the PAS&T explained. Each issued uniform costs the Air Force $120 by purchasing it from the Army, he said, If the,, AERQTC CQjuld. buy uniforms from the Air Force' instead of the Army, the cost would only be $100 per uniform, Way explained. Way said contract cadets at SMU are each given $100 by the Air Force to purchase uniforms. With this money the students can buy a blouse, pants, shoes, shirts, cap, trenchcoat, and socks which are theirs to keep after gradua tion, he said. part of the student to attend classes. “We have rules to control those few who abuse their rights,” he added. Stay High Longer John R. Bertrand, dean of the Basic Division pointed out that if a student is allowed to cut classes because of high grades, the stu dent’s marks probably will not stay high longer. “We recognize the need for a stimulus to interest students in class work,” he said. “Rather generous privileges are given students who acquire Dis tinguished Student standings, and the DS privileges should be exer cised only by outstanding students, said H. W. Barlow, dean of the School of Engioeei-ing. To be a recognized Distingushed Student, a student must complete a semester’ of, not less than 15 hours with no gr*ade less than C (and with a grade point ratio of 2.25. Official acknowledgment of the student’s achievement is made with the issuance of a Distinguish ed Student card from the registrar. AF Camp Locations Named This Week Air Force summer camp loca tions for instructors will be re leased this week. It is customary for the students to be sent to the same bases as their instructors. “We will probably get the same bases as last year,” said Col. John A. Way, PAS&T. School Curricula Cut Starting JNext Semester SMU, A&l Girls Win Debate Meet Girl debating teams from SMU and Texas A&I took top honors in the Invitational Debate Tourna ment held here Friday and Satur day. First place senior division honors went to girl debators of SMU and junior division honors went to girls from Texas A&I. Joe Riddle and Bert Weller, A&M senior division debators, took second place honors in that division. The tourney ended witlj lunch eon at 12:15 Saturday in the MSC Assembly Room. Joe Riddle, presi dent of the A&M Debate Team, presented tiophys to winning teams of both divisions. Teams entered in the tournament were A&M, Del Mar Junior Col lege, Allen Academy, Texas A&I, Baylor, Blinn Junior College, Wharton Junior College, San An tonio Junior College, SMU, Uni versity of Houston and University of Texas. High School S-TA Boys o' Meet Here More than GOO high school FFA boys will meet here Sat urday for the Area 3 Region al Judging Meet. They will come from over SO high schools in the south Texas Area. Livestock, dairy cattle, poultry, meats, dairy products and soil judging contests will be held with team and individual awards in each. The judging will take place at the Beef Cattle Center for live stock, the Dairy Center for dairy cattle and the Poultry Center for poultry. The meat judging vyill be in the meat lab of the Animal Industries Building, dairy products at the Creamery and the soil contest will begin at the Agricultural Engin- neering Lecture Room and pro ceed to farms in the county. Team and individual awards will be given at 2 p. m. Saturday in Guion Hall and the nine highest teams in each event will repre sent Area 3 in the state contest scheduled here May 2. A&S Hours Cut to 137; Engineering Changes Two Years By CHUCK NEIGHBORS Battalion News Editor The arts and sciences curricula will be cut to a total of 137 hours from a 144 hour average next fall, said John P. Ab bott, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. The change, decided upon in December, 1952 was made in time for inclusion in the next college catalog being printed soon. As reasons for the change, Dean Abbott cited the follow ing: • Need for more outside of class study time. • Need for extra time for other than class work (clubs, etc.). ® 120 hours is standard throughout the United States, and without our 16 hours of military science and one hour of basic orientation, that’s our total, he said. The cut won’t affect next falls upperclassmen except that they will not have to take courses eliminated under the new program, he said. Dean Abbott said the School of Arts and Sciences was the only A&M School to change all foui‘ years of its curriculum. The School of Engineering changed their first year and second year courses, said Dean Abbott. Normal 17-Hour Load The normal arts and sciences load, with a few exceptions, will be 17 hours per semester under the new system, he said. This is a cut of about one hour per semester in some major arts and sciences courses, such as bus iness, and in most of the biological and physical sciences, Dean Ab bott said. Along with the new plan, a standardized curriculum was form ed in the basic biological sciences and in the physical sciences (chem istry, physics and meteorology), said Dean Abbott. The freshman and sophomore course for mathematics and phys ics majors will be the same, he said. “We’re moving the math re quirements to something similar to the basic engineering set-up,” he said. Calculus for sophomore and jun- (See SCHOOL SETS, Page 2) Sa la ry Ra ise Bill Aids Consolidated Teachers at A&M Consolidated Schools will benefit from the pay raise bill now up for approval of the Texas House of Representa tives. The bill was passed by the state Senate Tuesday. The bill calls for a $600-a-year pay increase for teachers who are now making between $2,400 and $3,000 a year. All Consolidated teachers are in this bracket. Their exact salary is based on their ex perience and education. The bill does not include a pro vision for a superintendents pay increase. The bill was sponsored by Sen ator A. M. Aikin Jr. of Paris, who said “I am not Hying to pass this for the teachers, but the school children.” Senators have warned that the pay increase would mean a tax increase somewhere, possibly on natural resources. Several tax increase bills have been introduced in the legislature and otheis are planned. None of these calls for an incx’ease in local taxes. “If the local districts could have paid for a salary increase they would have done it long ago,” said Superintendent L. S. Richardson. A proposal by Senator Searcy Bracewell of Houston that would have put 20 per cent of the tax in crease on the local districts was defeated by the Senate, 26 to 4. Accountants Hear Mills Tomorrow Leslie Mills, a certified public accountant, will discuss “The Im pact of Taxation on Business” at the Sixth Annual Accounting Con- ference April 17-18 in the MSC. Mills will give his talk at the conference on the morning of April 17, following the welcome address by Dean of the College. David H. Morgan. Saturday morning G. L. Phil- lippee, manager of finance ap paratus sales division of the Gen eral Electi'ic Co., will give a talk on “Accounting Aids in Manage ment.” His talk will follow a panel discussion, “A Program of Finan cial Planning and Controls,” with W. G. Cunningham, San Antonio, presiding. The panel will be conducted by the Monsanto Chemical Company. Committee to Judge A&M Consolidated A&M Consolidated junior and senior high schools will be evaluat ed by a twenty-man visiting com mittee April 27 through 29. The i-esults of the evaluation will be used to qualify for member ship in the Southern Association of Secondary Schools. This is the only requirement for membership in the Association that has not been met by the school, which is Phi Kappa Phi To Elect New Officers The A&M chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society will elect new officers and members Monday, April 20, said W. H. Delaplane, president. Nominations for new officers are: W. H. Delaplane, president; W. W. Smith, vice-president; C. M. Lyman, secretary and E. E. Hedg- cock, journal correspondent! Other nominations can be made from the floor, but these nominations were submitted by the nominating com mittee for consideration, said Hen son K. Stephenson, Secx’etax-y of local chaptei’. The initiation of new members will be Thux’sday, May 7, at the MSC. Newly elected officers also will be installed at that time. RodeoTeamNamedforTonight Team membei's to x'epresent A&M in the Fourth Annual Na tional Intei-collegiate Rodeo Apx’il 16-18 here have been tentatively selected. Shows will be held Thux-sday night, Friday night and Satur day afternoon and night. Sponsox'ed by the A&M Rodeo Club, the annual event is an of ficial meet and the x'ecox’ds and. times ax*e x’ecognized nationally. Top talent fx'om 15 or mox-e schools in the Southwest will compete for prizes ranging fx*om levis for foux'th-place winners in each event to an expensive saddle for the All- Around Cowboy. The saddle is now on display in the MSC. Six-man teams will repx'esent each paxticipating school. Individu al competition x-ecox’ds also will be kept. Points scox*ed dui'ing the rodeo will be applied to individual standings in the annual NIRA’s Wox-ld Champion Cowboy competi tion. Among schools expected to enter teams, besides A&M ax’e Hai’din- Simmons University, Sul Ross Col lege, New Mexico A&M, Univer sity of Houston, Texas Chx’istian University, Sam Houston State, West Texas State, Oklahoma A& M, Texas A&I, Aldington State, Tai’leton State, University of Tex as Baylor Univexsity, Ranger Junior College, Texas Tech, South west State, and possibly Colorado A&M. Girls also will participate in special events of the I’odeo, al though these events have not been selected as yet. Team members who will pro- I bably x-epi’esent the Rodeo Club at the meet'and one altei’nate ax'e as follows: Bobby Rankin, Lowie Rice, Joe Connell, Billy Steele, Jim Watson, James Dickey, Vergil Patxdck, and Duke Gibbs. Officers of the A&M Rodeo Club ai’e Cecil Davis of Montell, president; Lowie Rice of Big Springs, vice-president; J. W. Mc Donald of Moody, secretax-y; Ed Haiwill of Odessa, repox’tei’, and Eaxd Eckols of Cox-pus Chi-isti, parliamentax-ian. Dx-. Robex-t R. Shx-ode of the genetics depax’t- ment is faculty sponsor. already fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency. Committee Report The results of the visiting com mittee’s report will be checked with a self-evaluation that the junior and senior high teachex-s have been making. “Our teachers have been work ing after school and at nights for several weeks on this evaluation,” said Superintendent L. S. Richard son. Cooi'dinator for the evaluation will be Di\ Chester Cochx’an, fox-m- er supexintendent of San Antonio public schools, and now professor of education at the Univex-sity of Houston and educational consult ant for Poi-t Arthur public schools. Neai'by Colleges Mexnbers of the committee will be from neai’by colleges, univer sities, and public schools. Consolidated elementary school was visited by an evaluation com mittee in Mai’ch. Weather Today CLEAR WEATHER TODAY: Clear with winds out of the south at 10-15 mph. The high temperatuxe re corded at the Eastex-wood aii-pox-t yesterday was 80 degrees and the low this morning was 45.