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Battalion Editorials Page 2 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1953 High Attendance Set At Accounting Meet NEWS BRIEFS San Jacinto Battle, Muster Explains Love for Freedom CTUDENTS ON the A&M campus and form- o-HiUov.fo throughout the world will er students bow their heads in reverence today to ob serve a 50-year-old tradition—Muster Day. It got its start from another April 21 in Battlefield. Sam Houston was the command er of about 700 men, called the Army of the Republic of Texas. These ill-trained backwoodsmen were the type of men who molded the west of today from the rugged and ragged frontier of ruthlessness and law lessness. These men had little but a pur pose—a free Texas. Runoffs Procedure Hurts Commission T^HE ELECTION Commission is reaching rapidly for new heights to improve its procedure, but has a little distance yet to go. At the last meeting of the Student Sen ate, the Commission asked and the Senate approved: • Publication and open-inspection of all results in all elections. • Authority for the Commission to pro vide runoff elections where and when necessary. • The Commission also was charge^! with the responsibility of printing and dis tribution of ballots. Only the second ruling by the Senate is weak. With this power, the Commission has a chance to declare a winner without a runoff. Also no stopping place has been set; that is, no definite line has been established as to what is needed for one to be included in the runoffs. This must be a set rule. Without it, misery is in store for both the Commission and the candidates. We hope that the Commission can de cide on a runoff stop line before the general elections this week. But it was this all-inspiring purpose which placed on the lips of these haggard men the stirring battlecry “Remember the Alamo.” They had been chased over half of Texas. They were beaten in every way but one—the spirit of freedom lived and burned in their hearts. It must have astounded Gen. Santa Anna, who commanded the Mexican force of 1,600 well-trained soldiers, to see this poorly dis ciplined and retreating army of 700 men turn in their tracks and blaze toward him across the Buffalo Bayou plains, screaming “Re member the Alamo, Remember Goliad.” Probably even more surprising for the Napoleon of the West was the close of the battle. He was surrounded by his dead, deafened by the cries of his wounded. He watched 630 of his veteran soldiers die that day, saw 280 wounded and 730 captured by the meager Texas force which a few days previously was trying to outrun the Mexi can general. Throughout the afternoon, Houston lost only two men and 25 were wounded. To the San Jacinto heroes who won Tex as' independence, A&M students throughout the world pay homage every April 21. They pay homage to the inspired patriotism of these men who faced death, fighting for in dependence. Muster Day has another purpose of equal importance. It is a pause in memoriam by A&M men for their classmates who have died during the previous year. The connection between the two — the heroes of San Jacinto and the dead Aggies— A record attendence of 248 busi nessmen and a large number of students marked the sixth annual Accounting Conference held Fri day and Satux-day in the MSC, said T. W. Leland, head of the business administi’ation department. Outstanding speakei’s at the meeting wex’e Leslie Mills of Pxlce Watex-house & Company, Fi*ed V. Gai'dnei', of Fred V. Gax*dner & Associates, and G. L. Phillippe of Genei'al Elective Company. Outstanding Session The outstanding session of the conference was Saturday morning when a seven man panel fx-om Monsanto Chemical Company held a very thox-ough and detailed ses sion on “A Px'ogx-am of Financial Plannixxg axxd Conti'ols”, said Le- land. Itegistx’ation opened the confer ence Friday morning. The first ses sion held that afternoon consisted of the welcoming by David H. Morgan, dean of the college, and Gardner closed the session with Maj. Seale AZ Initiates, MAJ. MAX IE B. SEALE, head junior flight operations instructor, will return home late this week his talk on “The Cost and Profit from the Lackland Air Force Base Contx’ol”. A banquet highlighted A&M bet- in October, the se cond session Friday evening. Hugh J. Bex’nard, vice-px-esident of the Second National Bank of Houston, was the speaker. His topic was “Contemporary Trends in the Field of Industxnal Relation”. hospital. He is encased in a “walk around” cast for a back injurie received in a x-ecent airplane crash. Maj. Seale will have a 30-day convalescent leave and will then return to Lack- land for further tx’eatment and ob- servation. Chemical Company Phillippe, speaking on “Account- MAJ. RALPH LAMAND JR., ing Aids in Management”, shared communications instructor for jun- degree ir. s BECK 1 1949. He .News Edii work here, >ut the Mi 11 be held J. WAIT: reminded the MSC;by Marion of the MSf editor of ate and Do:the 194d ] returnedyt the story. Cal., wherepropriate ing of the'si nee it w College Ur.: iber of th end c Corps Changes (Continued fi’om Page 1) an intelligence sex’geant with the rank of master sex’geant. The remainder of the table of ox’ganization for this level will coiwespond to the px-esent division staff, according to Melchex*. Athletic, scholastic, and commu nication offieex-s will be eliminat ed fx’onx the group and battalion staffs, with a new S-2 officer han dling the jobs of PIO and schol astic officer, he said. The S-2 for battalion or gx-oup level staffs will hold the rank of captain. Athletic, communication, and public information sei’geants will the thix-d session of the confex-ence with the panel fx’om Monsanto Chemical Company. A luncheon Saturday at nooxx xxxade up the fourth session of the confex-ence. A panel discussion led by chair man R. L. Brummage, Dresser first lieutenant. Industries, Inc., ended the con- fex-ence. “The men in the bxisiness admin istration depaxfment and their stu dents did a fine job of helping make the confex-ence successful. Evex-yone did a fine job,” said Le- land. ior air force students, has been tentatively selected for promotion to Lt. Col. Orders announcing the promotion are expected to be pub lished during the early summer. Capt. Randolph Phillips was re cently promoted to that grade from MR. AND MRS. Carl C. Duyf of Galveston were informed x-ecently by the Department of Defense that their son, 2nd Lt. Cornelius C. Duyf, 26, was killed in action in Korea March 24, Lt. Duyf attended Class of "23 Elects Jolliff Agent at Reunion Held Here Lindsay G. Jolliff, of Dallas, was elected class ’23 agent last for also be x-emoved with the addition of intelligence sex-geants in these weekend at the class’ 30th re union held in the MSC. Jolliff x-eplaces John Mayfield of Houston as agent. R. E. Harris of Lockhax-t was elected assistant class agent. Ninety mexxxbex-s of the Class of ’23 x-egistered Satux-day morning as the two day x-eunion began. A luncheon was held in Sbisa Hall at noon. Followixxg the luncheon mem- bex-s of the class attended the A&M Rice baseball game on Kyle Field. staffs, he explained. As in the regiments, the intelligence sex-- geants will handle the duties of the fox-mex- PIO sergeant. The in telligence sergeant will be a tech nical sergeant. The x-emainder of these staffs will remain the same as at present. Third Regiment Next year’s third x-egiment (present Thix-d Division) will have Frank Schmidt, Kingsburg, having the most children. The reunion dosed Sunday morn ing with a breakfast and business meeting held in the MSC. HERMAN sociate prestory: cation, was > Bill Du the Men’s! 39 at the So5 ,ead coac1 ' American was V1£ Physical Ec nd 1 wer< conventions 8 on Kyk convex's a 1 The Sou: 1939 bal all states d ' * on Line ;> re th< ^ homa and > etc - sit in on c 1 have a their own , . y . 0 Y ° ings. thm , k ’ a ngs. Hu this* ‘Y FOKT^ game of " 01 e ' n 'U mrneyed the Texas.!- Santa Zetn; and ct a rU ng < year wereend th; Room of tharoon am The new ■ than Hi were seler.^pointed acter, schoi — h adership <e-mt-ptCTuB agriculture. I no coxximuixications or scholastic is a tradition of duty to freedom* and duty to sergeaxxts, Melchex- said. The po- home, which every A&M man preciously sltlons ot supply sergeant and in holds to his heart. A dinner was held at 7:30 p. m. Satux-day in the MSC. Following the dinner members of the class It also a reminder, lest we forget, that in every man's generation, threat to freedom arise, and only the brave, like the heroes of the Texas Independence who put liberty ov er and beyond personal safety and life, will help maintain our America, the greatest na tion on earth. telligence sex-geant will be added. Officei’s fox* this x-egiment will wex-e givexx the oppox*tunity to re- cox'i'espoxxd to those of the othex- new acCiuaiixtances and talk over Profs’ Salaries (Continued fi’oixx Page I) fessox-s’ salax-y rates ax-e not itemiz ed sepax-ately, positioxx by posi- tioxx, ixx the appx-opx-iatioxxs bill. In stead, a luxxxp sum amount is specified for instx-uctor’s pay. These dollars can be used fox- no other purpose, he said. For undex-graduate students at A&M, one instructor is allowed for each 18 students, and axx aver age salax-y of $4,500 was used, Dewey said. Two years ago that avex-age was $4,200. This $300 appropriat ed incx-ease will enable A&M to continue payixxg the salary sched ule of Sept. 1, 1952 as px-esent sal aides fox- teaching avex-age $4,- 590. Cub Scouts Hold Kite Competition Saturday Foi-ty - one Cub Scouts pax-tici- pated Satux-day in Pack 102’s an nual kite flying contest. Entides in the contest x-anged from one-inch toothpick miniatures to five-foot wind catchex-s. Kites had to be in the air for a minimum of two minutes to com pete in the contest. Stx-ing had to be 100 feet for lax-ge kites and 10 feet fox- miniatux*e kites. Prizes for the vax-ious divisions axe as follow: Smallest Kite: Dan Wilson, 1st; Hal Delaplane, 2nd; Ray Hagler, The Battalion 3rd; D. Reisei', 4th. Lai’gest Kite: Bill Jones, 1st; David Terry, 2nd; Alex Quisen- bex-ry, 3rd; Ernesto Floi'es, 4th; Pat Ozonent, honorable mention. Highest Flying Kite: Ernesto Flores, 1st; Jack Fulkate, 2nd; Bill Jones, 3rd. Ugliest Kite: D. Terry, 1st; CaiT Kobel, 2xxd; Mack Bxusse, 3i’d; Noel Pardue, 4th. Most Unusual: Jack Fulgate, 1st; David Terx-y, 2nd; ChaxTes Kix-k, 3id; T. Haeglex-, 4th. Speed Contest, First Up: Alex Quisenbex-x-y, 1st; Jack Fulgate, 2xxd; Ex-nesto Flores, 3i-d; Bill Joixes, 4th. Contest Judges x-egiment and wing except for the addition of a chaplaixx with the rank of cadet majox-, he explained. This x-egixxxent will also have a comixiuixications officex* who will hold the x-ank of captain. Cox-ps Staff ox-ganization will re main the same except for the x-e- moval of the assistant S-3 (opera tions officer), Melchex- said. A third color sergeant will be at tached to the staff, he added. old times, said Dick Hex-vey, execu tive seci-etax-y of the Fox-mer stu dents association. Prizes Awarded Prizes wex-e awarded to H. L. Weinbrag, Schenectady, New York, for having traveled the fartherest distance to the meeting; Grover Ellisox-, Dallas, for the largest waistline; Dave P. RAchudson, Da\- Xew/ SPAl GOLF BAL15 SKELTi .OWN O. 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Judges fox- the contest were J. Gox-don Gay, chaix-man of the pack committee; Glenn E. Allen, den- father; and John Quisenberx-y, in stitutional x-epx-esentitive. Aden Magee Jr. and D. R. Reiser assisted contestants. Mx'S. J. H. Quisenberry was x-ecox-ding seex-e- tax-y. Supex-intendents of the con test wex-e Robex-t A. Bruce, cub- master of Pack 102, and Dx\ Luther G. Jones, ncighbox-hood commis- sionex-. The Associated Press is erttitled exclusively to the use for republi- cation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in the papier and local news of spontaneous origin published herein. Rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved. What’s Cooking Tuesday News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444 or 4-7604) or at the editorial office room, 202 Goodwin Hall. Classified ads may be 7,7,1 placed by telephone (4-5324) or at the Student Activities Office, Room 209 Goodwin Hall. 7:15 p. in.—IAS, Rm. 207 Engi- neex-ing Building; discussion of Mothex-’s Day plans and club pic- FRANK N. MANITZAS, JOEL AUSTIN Co-Editors Ed Holdex-, Jerry Bennett Managing Editors Harri Baker :...._ City Editor Peggy Maddox : Women’s News Editor Today’s Issue Jerry Bennett- Rax-x-i Bakex\... Bob Boriskie . ..... .Managing Editor ...News Editor Sports News Editor Gua Becker, Bob Boriskie, Jerry Estes. Frank ±wson, Kemp, Alfred McAf< Bob Hendry, Joe Hipp, Chuck Neighbors / sriskie, Jerry Estes Frank Hines, Bob Alderdice.Al Leroy Bruton, W. P. Franklin, K. D. Gossett, Carl Hale, Donald ee. Bill Rogers, Ray Smith, Jerry Sonnier, Sullivan, Jon Kinslow, Dick Moore, Lionel er, Vernon Anderson, Guy Da' News Editors Sports News Editors 7:30 p. m.—Agronomy Society, Room 209 Ag. Exp. Station Build ing. Camera Club, Room 2B, MSC. Saddle and SixToin Club, Animal Industi'ies Building Lectux-e Room. Business Society, YMCA Chapel; discussion of banquet and social axxd election of next yeax*’s officex*s. 8 p. m.—Daxxxes Club, South Solarium, YMCA; bx-idge and canasta; plans fox- picnic. Wednesday Edward Stern, Roy Tarcia, John Moody, Jerry Wizig, Jerry Neighbors, Hugh Fhilippus, Bill Thomas... 5W, Garcia, John Moody, Bob Palmer, Bill Shepard Staff News Writers ig, Jerry-NeighI iigMMF " Jerry Bennett, Bob Hendr .Sports News Writers .Amusements dry. John Kinslow, Dick Porter, Calvin Pigg City News Writers »Lu. 7:15 p. m.—Cantex-bury Club, St. Thomas’ Chapel. All Episcopal students invited. Manager Conrad Strain Circulation Lawrence Casheer, Jewell Raymond, J. R. Shepard, Fred Her nandez, Charles F. 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