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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1953
Price Five Cents
>riiion Delivers
?ter Day Speech
Crowd of 5,000
Thornton of Colorado
..v—ry “A Godless ideology
st enemy.”
at the Muster services
on said “there is in
a something beyond
earning reaching be-
terial.”
5,000 persons attend-
ter Day program, in
hose heroes at San
others who gave their
edom of Texas and to
men who have died
t Muster*.
t Muster here was one
throughout the world,
been; held every year
nor, native Texan him-
tliat long p:
ts you aren’t
-OT (lusty old: e( j “tho yearning of
icker wayt' ^ond the mater ial—call
what you wish, but it
;s man from himself, it
i 1Tiri ror-t:dity; his ap-
■ I ll\r inle " l ' it y ii v< “3
1 E \/IlLt'ence of God and ser-
fellowman.
inment of Idea
Thornton said, “it is
y, with the help of God,
himself to the attain-
ideal. It is diametri-
ed to a Godless ideo-
today, is our greatest
ours to face the reali-
fs danger; to meet the
Struct ion with the as-
r of consecration to our
vay of life. Herein lies
■servation and the hope
1.”
mor was introduced by
)f the College M. T.
lA
■it
arel
been alarmed by the
^■reeping socialism,” the
^■eclared. “And well we
Hi; is our duty to educate
Hn the effects of such
^Bmds in our national
^Bthrouigh the study of
^Hrs who have succumbed
^®r*uctive influence of so-
jcism and communism,
latest vigilance on the
;ry American is neces-
re to make a report on
to Lead
our children of our successful
stewardship of their heritage,” he
said.
Thornton paid high tribute to
Gen. Sam Houston and other
partiots. He said to him as a kid
here, the Aggie Muster did not
mean much.
“But as the years went by, it
was easy to learn that here an
nually was one of the grandest,
most traditional events that any
college in the country ever held,”
he said.
The Corps of Cadets marched in
review prior to the Muster pro
gram.
Medal Awarded
The Silver Star Medal was
awarded posthumously during the
ceremonies to 2nd Lt. David Rives,
who was killed in Korea in 1952.
An A&M graduate, class of ’52,
Lt. Rives entered the Army and
was sent to Korea. His pai'ents,
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Rives of
Brookton, received the medal pre
sented by Col. Shelly P. Myers Jr.,
PMS&T.
The ceremonies, one of the most
traditional of the college, were
held in front of the MSC. The Ross
Volunteers, honorary military
guard of the college, fired three
volleys in honor of the dead.
The A&M band played “The Star
Spangled Banner” to open the pio-
gram and the invocation was given
by O. C. Jarvis of Brownwood,
cadet corps chaplain.
Mattel Talks
Joe Mattei of San Antonio, sen
ior class president, gave the Mus
ter tradition and talks by A. P.
(Smiley) Mitchell of Corsicana,
president of the Former Students
Association, and Cadet Col. of the
Corps Weldon Kruger of Austin,
followed.
Following singing of “T h e
Twelfth Man” by the Singing
Cadets, Harrington introduced
Thornton. Following the governor's
address “The Spirit of Aggieland”
was sung and the traditional i*oll
call of A&M men who have died
since the last Muster was led by
Cadet Lyle Wolfskill of Houston.
The singing of “Auld Lang Syne”
by the Singing Cadets and “Silver
Taps” given by a group from the
band, closed the ceremonyv
Gene Steed of Groom was Mus
ter chairman.
Aggie Muster
Causes Corps
Drill Delay
There will be no drill to
morrow.
The muster review yester
day took the place of the regu
lar drill period, said Col. Shel
ly P. Myers, PMS&T.
Army ROTC seniors will
meet for a pre-active duty
orientation period at 4 p.m. in
Guion Hall.
Air Force seniors will not
meet, said Col. John A. Way,
PAS&T.
The army seniors’ meeting
is the only activity scheduled
for the regular drill period.
The corps review for Federal
Inspection will be at the reg
ular drill time next Thursday,
April 30.
Noted Scientist
Tells Sigma Xi
Facts of the Sun
“Powerful new corona-
graphs will soon aid astrono
mers in their world-wide as
sault upon the unsolved pro
blems of .the sun’s atmos
phere.”
This prediction was made last
night by Dr. Walter O. Roberts,
high altitude observatory of
Harvard University and Univer
sity of Colorado, while speaking
to the local chapter of the Society
of Sigma Xi.
A coronagraph is an instrument
used to create man-made eclipses
by cutting off the bright light
from the main body of the sun so
its outer atmosphere is visible.
In order to learn more about
the atmosphei’e, the sun is being
observed daily at a half-dozen ob
servatories throughout the world,
he commented.
A great part of our knowledge
of the behavior of the sun has
come from eclipse observations, he
said. Once a year, on the average,
a total solar eclipse occurs some
where on the surface of the earth,
he added.
It is almost a certaintly that the
“northern lights” often seen at
high latitudes in the United States
origniate in streams of particles
from the sun, he said.
However, direct observational
evidence for the omission of these
particles is still lacking, he ’ex
plained.
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auditors . Hal . vcy , Here May g
quality fo(Andy) Adam, field
ative for the Texas
ral Extension Ser-
been granted leave
OYV nicoth to serve as group
more than 20 European
editors.
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the
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0 d of 12 men from Yugo-
ee from Austria, two
lark, five from Germany
l from Norway.
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rvice, will be in charge
>up’s program while at
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CLOUDY
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with widely scatter-
The maximum tem-
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The Aggie Players will present
the two-act comedy “Harvey”
May 8 and 9 in Guion Hall.
There will be three perform
ances: Friday night, Saturday
afternoon and Saturday night. The
show also will be at Bryan Air
Force Base May 6, at the invita
tion of the base commander.
“Harvey” is the story of a man
who has a six feet tall, invisible
white rabbit for a friend. The play
was made into a motion picture
after several years on Broadway.
The cast and their parts are as
follows:
Harry Gooding, Elwood P. Dowd;
Mrs. David H. Moxgan, Veta
Louise Simmons; Mrs. Iris Brel-
land, Myrtle Mae Simmons; Ted
Castle, Dr. Chumley; B. B. Smith,
Wilson; Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, Mrs.
Chauvenet; Mrs. Virginia Lemon,
Ruth Kelly.
Bill Withers, Judge Omar Gof-
fney; Miss Martha Jane Konecny,
Miss Johnson; Vic Robinson, E. J.
Lofgren; and Mrs. Walter H. Dela-
plane, Mrs. Betty Chumley.
Jerry McFarland will be stage
manager and J. L. Shanks will be
in charge of lighting. C. K. Esten
of the english department is di
rector of the Aggie Players.
The curtain will not be used for
this play, Esten said. Scenery will
be changed in view of the audience,
and the actors will be able to use
the floor space in front of the
curtain.
Esten has played Elwood P.
Dowd, the lead in this play, in
summer stock productions.
“Harvey” will be the third and
last Aggie Player production for
this year. The only play definitely
scheduled for next year is “Mr.
Roberts,” Esten said. Others will
be chosen during the summer.
Reorganized Demerit System
Proposed for Corps Next Year
Company Clerk to Keep
Record of Issued Demerits
1953 Cotton Pageant
South Will Rise
As Cotton Reigns
The south will rise again Friday
for at least one day at Aggieland.
The crowning of King and Queen
Cotton, flanked by duchesses from
TSCW at Denton and will start
the 1953 Cotton Pageant at 7:30
p. m. Friday in the DeWare Field
House.
The Cotton Ball will be held
after the pageant in the Grove.
Harold Scaief, senior agronomy
major from San Benito, will be
crowned King Cotton by Albert
Russell, assistant to the executive
vice-president of the National Cot
ton Council of America, Memphis,
Tenn. Scaief in tm*n will crown
Miss Jane McBrierty of Ennis,
TSCW junior, Queen.
Royal Court Members
Members of the Royal Court are
Miss Allie Jeanne Glass, Miss Mar
garet Robinson, Miss Cora Jane
Becker, Miss Gloria Bendy, Miss
Jonetta Lovett, Miss Mary Helen
Winston, Miss Lucinda Bailey and
Miss Barbara Ann Stewart, all of
TSCW.
Fritz Welsch of New Braunsfels,
Thomas L. Payne of Stanton, Ro
bert Johnson, Fort Worth, Gerald
Dairy Judging
Contest Won
By Bryan FFA
Bryan’s Future farmer’s of
America teams won in the live
stock and dairy cattle divisions of
the Area III FFA Livestock Judg
ing Contest held here last week
end.
The complete results were:
Meats Division, winners in the
order of their placing, were Katy,
Fayetteville, Aldine (Houston) and
Moulton.
Poultry Division winners were
Moulton, Fayetteville, Rockdale,
Crosby, Thorndale, Katy, Tomball,
Hallettsville and Klein.
Livestock Division winners were
Bryan, Moulton, Lexington, Flat-
onia, Shiner, Magnolia, Milby
(Houston), Snook and Rockdale.
Dairy Produts division winners
were LaGrange, Fayetteville,
Moulton, Aldine, Klein, Magnolia,
lola, Cedar Bayou and Palacios.
Dairy Cattle division winners
were Bryan, LaGrange, Fayette
ville, Lexington, Katy, Cameron,
Alvin, Pasadena and Columbus.
Land Judging winners were La-
Gi-ange, Needville, Caldwell and
Hearne.
E. V. Walton, head of the agri
cultural education depai'tment,
said the winning teams in the land
judging division will not attend
the state contest May 2.
Buster of Happy, Leonard Stasney
and Leonard F. Thornton of Tem
ple, Ernie Enloe of Daisetta and
Frank Ford of Lubbock, all A&M
agronomy majors.
Honoring the King and Queen
will be 200 duchesses and their
escorts, representing college, A&-
M Mothers’ Clubs, Chambers of
Commerce and student societies at
A&M.
The Queen’s crown bearer will
be Miss Virginia Ann Patterson
and the King’s crown bearer will
be Wilfred Lemon.
Joe Woolket, head, modem
languages department, will be mas
ter of cermonies. An entertain
ment program including dancing,
singing, clown acts and other feat
ures is to be presented instead of
the style show which had been held
for many years.
The Aggieland orchestra will
furnish music for the pageant and
the dance that will follow the page
ant.
A silver set will be presented
formally to the college by Mrs. A.
D. Mebane in honor of her late
husband, A. D. Mebane, who
fathered scientific cotton better
ment in the state.
D. E. P. Humbert of the genetics
department will make the presenta
tion and it will be accepted by
President M. T. Harrington.
The Agronomy Society of the
college has sponsored the Cotton
Pageant since 1932 when the first
one was held. Since than a page
ant has been held each year with
the exception of two years when
it was discontinued during World
War II.
Funds derived from the pageant
are used to finance several
agronomy major students on a two
to three-week tour to study agri
culture in other sections of the
United States and sometimes
abroad.
C. E. Watson is faculty sponsor
of the Pageant.
Air Force Officers
Short Deferment
Anyone who will have completed
at least 60 semester hours by the
end of this year is eligible for a
four month draft deferment if they
sign up for Air Force observer or
pilot ti'aining.
A reci’uiting team is now in the
MSC gift shop area to sign men
up for this program. Men who
sign up are tested at Lackland
field.
Those who sign for the four
month deferment are not obligated
to go into training. They may
drop out any time during the four
months, said Major T. J. Rowland,
head of the testintg team.
Interviewed Cadets Say
Let Seniors Make Policies
Mrs. Wilkins Better
After Operation
Mrs. Taylor Wilkins, wife of Lt.
Col. Taylor Wilkins, assistant com
mandant, underwent a lung opera
tion at Scott and White Hospital
in Temple last Friday.
Mrs. Wilkins is recovering satis
factory and us expected home in
two or three weeks, said Bennie
Zinn, assistant dean of men.
Col. Wilkins is on leave of ab
sence from the military department
and is expected back sometime
this week, Zinn said.
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion News Staff
Corps policy should be decided
by the senior class as a whole said
nine out of eleven cadets represent
ing all classes interviewed yester
day in the MSC.
Each of those interviewed were
asked the question, “Should the
power to make corps policies be
given to the senior class or to the
high ranking cadet officers (divis
ion commanders and above).”
“It looks like the power of the
senior class is being slowly taken
away,” said Ray Coveney, senior
from Boerne. “If you let the sen
iors decide, then they will work
harder to enforce their decisions.”
Sophomore Rico Arredondo from
Laredo thought the seniors could
do a better job than one select
group such as the cadet officers.
However, he felt that as things
now stand possibly it should be
the officers who decide the policies.
A few people may not reflect the
best opinions, believes G. T. An
drews, freshman from Shreveport.
“Officers should not be the sole
judge for policies,” said P. G.
Hector, junior from Coleman. He
felt most seniors are qualified
just as much as the officers.
A different idea was presented
by Bob King, sophomore from
Houston. He thought each outfit
should have one representative for
each class and these men should
meet to formulate all corps
policies. Another sophomore, H.
H. Wyatt from Houston, agi'eed
this was a good plan. Wyatt felt
Saturday Meeting
Set By Directors
The personnel of the faculty
members of the Athletic Council
will be up for approval at the
A&M College System Board of
Directors meeting hei - e at 9 a. m.
Saturday.
Agenda matters to be discussed
at the session include school bud
gets, street improvements and
water lines to a new well. Bids will
be received for the daix*y breeding
center here.
G. R. White of Brady is president
of the Board.
enforcement of the policies should
be left up to the cadet officers.
King and Wyatt were the only
two who opposed letting the sen
iors make corps policies.
“Letting the seniors do it is the
way it has always been handled
and it has always worked,” said
R. J. Creel, senior from Galveston.
Two cadets, G. L. Dalton and J.
L. Mason, agreed it would be bet
ter to handle the problem by a
larger group, such as the senior
class.
“A larger group can get more
done because there is more varia
tion of opinion,” said Dalton, jun
ior from Pittsburg. Mason, fresh
man from Crockett, gave no reason
for letting the group make the
policies.
All seniors should be considered
equal regardless of their rank in
the corps, felt T. H. Langford,
freshman from Banderra.
Most of those interviewed favor
ed the opinion of W. L. Smith,
junior from Texarkana, He said,
“It is hard to say why the seniors
should do it, but still it is the best
way."
By HARRI BAKER
Battalion City Editor
The military department has proposed a new demerit sys
tem which will allow unit commanders more responsibility
in handling demerits for his outfit.
Col. John A. Way, PAS&T, and Col. Shelly P. Myers,
PMS&T, have approved the new plan. It is being considered
for use next year, said Col. Joe E. Davis, commandant.
As a part of the plan, a sophomore- in each outfit will be
appointed as company clerk. He will keep a record of all
demerits issued in his unit.
A list of the men in each unit who are to receive demerits
will be taken to the military de--^
partment headquarters each Wed
nesday. The military department
will then publish the extra duty
list.
A copy of the demerit slip will
be sent to the company clerk, and
the military department will keep
4 a copy for its records.
A major innovation will be that
men who have extra duty tours
will go to their unit commander
for postponement, instead of to
the military department.
This will eliminate confusion in
the records section of the mili
tary department and give the com
pany level more responsibility,
said Col. Robert L. Melcher, act
ing assistant commandant.
Corps Reorganization
The Corps will be reorganized
next year to eliminate the division
level. The number of wings and
regiments will be reduced from
two each to one each, eliminating
several staffs.
The number of men on the re
maining staffs will be cut.
“Staffs next year will really
have something to do,” Col. Mel-
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Sales Clinic
Will Discuss
Retail Field
Ways a college graduate can
enter the retail field will be dis
cussed at the fourth annual sales
clinic, today in the Biological
Sciences Lecture Room.
The first session will start at
3 p. m. Types of jobs in the retail
field will also be discussed by a
panel consisting, of E. P. Silver-
man, salesman for Lack’s Auto
Stores, and Gaylor Johnson, Vice-
President of Sakowitz in Houston.
The second session on the pro
gram will begin at 7:30 p. m. with
a panel discussion about types of
selling jobs performed and re
quirements for the position as a
salesman in the Business Machines,
Insurance, Oil and Supply figlds.
Representing these fields are
Charles N. Royds, branch manager,
National Cash Register Company;
Norval Pierce, branch manager,
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany; John B. Freeman, The Tex
as Company; and R. L. Norton,
General Electric Supply Company.
This year’s clinic is sponsored
by the department of business ad
ministration, Houston Sales Exe
cutives Club and the Student Bus-
ness Society.
Float Out Probe
Still Continues
“We’re still investigating,”
said Col. Joe E. Davis, com
mandant, concerning the float
out of Ross Hall April 12.
When asked if any leads
had been discovered, Col. Davis
repeated, “WeTe still investi
gating.”
Singing Cadets
Set Award Banquet
The annual Singing Cadets
Award Banquet will be held at 7:15
p. m. Saturday in the Sbisa Hall
banquet room.
Awards will be presented to
members of the Cadets on the basis
of length of membership. Special
awards will be given to the old of
ficers of the group.
Eight and six semester mem
bers will be presented award let
ters. Four semester members will
get gold keys, while two semester
members will receive silver keys.
Names of the officers for next
year will be announced at the ban
quet.
Board Gets OK
To Abolish
TSC Academy
The A&M College System
Board of Directors were given
yesterday the power to dis
continue the academy at Tar-
leton State College in a bill
passed by the House and sent to
the Senate.
This was one of the bills passed
during a four hour afternoon ses
sion in which the House passed 78
bills, sending 70 to the Senate and
eight to the governor.
Among those already approved
by the Senate and thus sent to the
governor were those that would:
Change the period of living
apart without cohabitation as a
ground for divorce from ten to
seven years.
Authorize Galveston to lease
Pelican Spit.
Another with Senate approval
sets up the Nqrfheast Texas Muni
cipal Water District in Cass, Mor
ris, Marion, Camp, Titus, Upshur
and Harrison Counties.
The House amended it, however,
to take out the town of Gilmer,
and it must go back for senate ap
proval of that change.
Among house bills approved and
sent to the Senate along with the
Tarleton bill are ones that would:
Create a water conservation dis
trict in the northwest part of Waco
to utilize some artesian wells.
Regulate fishing in the Brazos
River and Lake Whitney and tribu-
tai'ies in Bosque, Hill and Johnson
counties.
Authorize Texas Western Col
lege to give a degree of bachelor
of science in nursing, but carry
ing no appropriation.
Sue Harris Chosen
FFA Sweetheart
Miss Sue Harris, of Navasota
High School, was cho»en FFA
Sweetheart Saturday at the se
cond annual A&M Collegiate
Chapter’s dance in Sbisa.
Mrs. Perry Shepard was chosen
sweetheart of the A&M Collegiate
FFA Chapter. Miss Harris is also
sweetheart of the Navasota High
School Chapter.
Mrs. Shepard was presented a
pair of western boots and Miss
Harris a western hat. The gifts
were compliments of Sears Roe
buck & Co.
Twelve high school FFA Chap
ter presidents and the chapter
sweethearts were guest of the
A&M Collegiate Chapter.
Everyone present was dressed
western style and danced to the
music of Jimmy' Eller and his
Bronc Busters, said Wm. High
tower, vice president of the A&M
Chapter.
Cattleman’s Ball
Set for Saturday
Three honorary memberships in
the Saddle and Sirlion Club will
be awarded Saturday night at the
Cattleman’s Ball.
Dancing begins at 8 p. m. Ad
mission is $2.50 with or without
dates. Cadets may attend in civili
an clothes.
Jesse James’ cowboy band wilt
furnish the music and proceeds
will be used to sponsor judging
trips.
The memberships will be given
to J. M. Jones of the animal hus
bandry department Dr. H. Schmidt
of the School of Veterinary Med
icine, and John A. Tulia for his
work as a Poland China breeder.