Battalion Editorials
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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.
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Corps Changes
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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.
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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\-
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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
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7:15 p. in.—IAS, Rm. 207 Engi-
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Mothex-’s Day plans and club pic-
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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
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7:15 p. m.—Cantex-bury Club, St.
Thomas’ Chapel. All Episcopal
students invited.
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Bob Godfrey, Davey Davidson, Roy Wells, Keith Nickle, Melvin
Longhofer, Herman Meiners ; Photo Engravers
Gene Rydell, Perry Shepard, John Merrill Advertising Representatives
Dean Kennedy File Clerk,
Thursday
3 p. m.— Brazoy County
A&M
Mother’s Club, YMCA, Election of
officers.
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