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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
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The Battalion Award Winners for 1953
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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
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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.