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COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1953
Price Five Cents
Harrington Agrees to Consider
Corps of Cadets Consolidation
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Corps Policy Committee
Samuels Outlines
’53- ’54 MSC Goals
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al)I)ed a spot EEN AND HER COURT—Shown in their Neiman-Marcus dresses, designed for
; • Dava'i Cotton Pageant and Ball, are from left to right: (Seated) Miss Mary Helen Win-
‘ s Cora Jane Becker, Coton Queen Miss Jane McBrierty, Miss Gloria Bendy, Miss
re Than
nned for
AnnlStewart, (Standing) Miss Allie Jeanne Glass, Miss Margaret Robinson and
a silkworm!I:j n( jJ Bailey. Miss Jonetta Lovett was absent from the picture because of illness.
faculty hid A
oor Charlie, !
ructor, leapir-
he other proles
leusen dealer;
d to Professor
riispun Sport'
. . . , n 200 duchesses will
n icy re Pane cotton Harold Scaief
I'lurs. \ett(ieito and Queen Cotton
sport shirts, > J ty of TSCW and En-
n i„ e southern atmosphere
ll " vornl! K hl at the 19th annual
aver the top c >ant and Ball,
an HeusenVar..t ^rSOip. m. in DeWare
homed iMnlm’ the Pageant will pro-
( ’ ‘ : r and a half of enter-
. rSow I car Pageant Dii’ector
200 Duchesses
Cotton Pageant
ieland Orchestra will
program with 30 min-
B sic. Next follows the
->f the King by Albert
Winners
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Lucky Strike
ought to t
eceive
Watches
•es and two 17 jewel
i es wi 11 be awarded to
of the annual Fresh-
^(ophonioVe Mathematics
held in the Academic
’.esday, Apxnl 28 begin-
p. m.
the Freshman Contest,
ust be now enrolled in
> 104, a classified fresh-
jflli; not have repeated a
llegelmathematics, said
fie, head of the math-
iailment.
unore Contest is open
(dent now enrolled in
204 who has not been
more than foui' re
bel’s in college. He also
ive repeated a college
rs course and his classi-
pt not have been higher
more in September,
man contest will be
a 223 and the sopho-
eet in room 225 of the
Suilding.
-scoring freshman and
eachlwill receive a 17-
; watch. Second and
are|$15 and $10 cash.
:S will come from two
dished in memory of
mathematics teachers
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Luckies beenv v 111 recive their awards
neers Day Convocation,
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ierstorm activity and
Russell, assistant to the executive
vice-president of the National Cot
ton Council of America, Memphis,
Tenn.
The king will then present the
duchesses of the seven Southwest
Conference colleges and of the
Agronomy Society, and crown his
queen, Miss Rattan said. The
queen’s court will be presented fol
lowing the coronation.
J. J. Woolket, head of the mod-
4 0M South’Set
As Cotton Ball
Theme Friday
A Mississippi River land
ing and plantation will be the
main theme of decorations for
the 1953 Cotton Pageant and
Ball tomorrow -night in De-
Ware Field House.
A pier; will be erected at the
east end of the basketball court
to give the impression that the
Royal Court, pukes and Duchesses
have just disembarked from a river
boat. f v
The west fhd of the gymnasium
will have the traditional southern
mansion with columns, overhang
ing roof and white picket fence.
Members of the court and the
dushesses will come into the field
house on the pier, will descend to
the gym floor and walk; the length
of the room to the mansion at the
other end.
Decorations, being worked on by
the Agronomy Society, will be com
pleted Friday morning, said
Clarence Watson, agronomy pro
fessor and advisor to the 1953 Cot
ton Pageant and Ball.
The Grove will not be decorated
for the Cotton Ball, said W. D.
(Pete) Hardesty, business manager
of Student Activities. His reason
is that any decorations placed in
the large, outdoor area look in
significant.
ern languages department, will be
master of ceremonies. A silver set
will be presented to the college by
Mrs. A. D. Mebane in honor of
here late husband Mr. A. D. Me
bane, who fathered scientific cot
ton betterment in the state. Presi
dent of the College M. T. Harring
ton will receive the set from D. E.
P. Humbert of the genetics depart
ment.
“Then the parade of southern
beauties begins,” said Miss Rattan.
She said about 220 duchesses and
their escorts representing organi
zations on the campus and from
throughout Texas will be present-
ed.
Included in the entertainment
which follows will be songstress
Carmen Hines of Fort Worth and
Billie Biggs of Southern Methodist
University, a dancer, said Miss
Rattan.
Better student-faculty relations
is a goal of the MSC next year,
said John S. Samuels, new presi
dent of the MSC Council and Di
rectorate.
Other proposals for 1953-54 and
new ideas mentioned by Samuels
include
@ Formation of a forum com
mittee to operate inconjunction
with the Dallas Council on World
Affairs.
® An expanded program to edu
cate new freshmen on the value of
extra-curricular activities through
the MSC’s new student week set
up and through the basic division
classes.
® Taking the Junto Club, cam
pus discussion group, into the MSC
as a Directorate body, the first
time such a group has been in
tegrated into the MSC organiza
tion.
Better student-faculty relations
will be attempted through coffees
to be held once a semester during
the regular class period by students
and their professors.
Calendar Planned
The possibility of printing a
monthly calendar listing activi
ties for that month was also men
tioned by Samuels. •
An expanded art program with
more and varied exhibits is also
planned for next year.
Continual broadcast of serious
music in the Center. From open
ing to closing has also been plan
ed.
More record listening hours
similar to the program held in the
Center, earlier this week are pro
posed for next year.
In addition to these suggestions,
Samuels promised better organiza
tion of the MSC personnel program
with closer coordination among
other campus groups.
Aggie Follies and ‘Harvey’
Set in Guion Hall May 8-9
Memorial Pari
i
For Aggie Dead
Is Being Built
A memorial park to Ag
gies who fought in the
Spanish American War is
under construction west of
the new area dormitories,
said W. H. Badgett, manager of
the physical plants.
It will be a lounging park where
students can relax, Badgett said.
The monument, to be dedicated
at commencement, will be given by
the memorial Association of
Spanish-American War Veterans.
When complete, the park will
contain walks, benches, new shrubs
and trees, and ornamental street
lights. Badgett expects to com
plete it in one or two years. Work
is being done on laying the new
walks and on planting.
The barbed wire fence around
the area will be removed as soon
as the plants have had a chance to
start growing, Badgett said.
The annual Aggie Follies includ
ing the Aggie Players’ presenta
tion of “Harvey”, will be present
ed May 8-9 in Guion Hall.
Theme of the Follies will be a
trip around the world by Aggies.
Included in the numbers for the
show will be a barbershop quartet,
singers, dancers, an all - male
Hawiian chorus, the Singing
Cadets, the Brazos Bottom Boogie
Busters, and many others.
The performance Friday, May
8, will be at 7 p. m. and admission
charge will be 75 cents. The Fol
lies will be given immediately
after “Harvey” Friday. There will
be a matinee Saturday of “Har
vey”, and an evening show of the
Follies. Tickets for the Saturday’s
performances will be one dollar.
Tickets bought for the Saturday
show are good for both the
matinee and evening performances.
Johnny Samuels, chairman of the
Follies committee, explained the
difference in prices for the show.
“We want as many to go Friday
so there will be enough seats for
those who want to take their par
ents Saturday,” he said. “The
same show will be given both days.
Only the time of the performances
will be changed.”
Other members of the committee
are Dean Howard Barlow, Dean J.
P. Abbott, C. K. Esten, Ted Nark,
Danny Wieland, and Bert Weller,
The show is being written by Sam
uels and John (Dukey) Childs, and
Betty Bolander is music consult
ant.
Rehearsals for “Harvey” are
‘going fine,’ said Esten, faculty di
rector of the play.
“Everything is sunshine and
roses and we will have a good
show,” he said.
The players will continue re
hearsals through next week. A
special show will be presented
May 6 at Bryan Air Force Base.
Square dances over WTAW will
also be continued next year as a
regular activity of the Center.
A more extensive program of
dancing classes is in the blue print
stage, Samuels said, with enlarge
ment of classes a definite possi
bility.
The MSC will have a brochure
ready for distribution by Septem
ber to visitors of the Center and
campus, describing the building
and its various functions and
activities.
One-Way Street Project
To Relieve Congestion
More one-way streets are plan
ned on the campus to help move
traffic with less congestion and
prevent accidents, said H. W.
Badgett, manager of the college
physical plants.
Houston St., heading out to the
North Gate in front of the Col
lege Station Post Office, will be
Inspection Set
For Army, AF
Training Here
Inspection of A&M’s Air
and Army ROTC facilities has
been scheduled for April 30
and May 1, announced Col.
Joe Davis, commandant.
Col. Kirk Brock ’28, PMS&T of
the Dallas High School ROTC Sys
tem, will inspect Army units and
Col. Hugh H. Bledsoe, Air Uni
versity, Maxwell AFB, Ala., will
inspect Air Force units, he said.
The Army inspecting team will
consist of 15 officers, coming from
various points in the state, while
the AF team will have three offi
cers from Maxwell AFB, said the
Commandant.
A review of the entire cadet
corps is scheduled between 3 and
5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, said
Col. Davis, while inspection of ca
det dormitory rooms will be held
Friday, May 1, between 8 and
19 a.m.
Dr. David H. Morgan, dean of
the college, • announced today all
undergraduate classes will be dis
missed on April 30 from 3 to 5
p.m. and on May 1 from 8 to 10
a.m. for the federal inspection.
While not observing the review
or inspecting cadet dormitory
rooms, the inspecting officers will
visit classrooms and check PMS&T
and PAS&T records, said Col. Da
vis.
Phi Eta Sigma
Plans Initiation
Phi Eta Sigma, national honor
society for freshmen, will have its
annual banquet and spring initia
tion Thursday, April 30 at 7 p. m.
in the MSC Ballroom.
Dr. Fred W. Jensen, head of the
chemistry department, will be the
speaker. Jensen and David H. Mor
gan, dean of the college will be
initiated honorary members
More than 50 freshman also will
be initiated. Requirments for mem
bership are a grade point ratio of
2.5 or over.
Tickets for the banquet are
$1.75. They may be bought from
Jerry Ramsey, Dormitory 9; Harri
Baker, dormitory 8; Dick McCas-
land, Walton Hall; Frank Ford,
Dormitory 2 and Jules Vieaux,
Dormitory 8.
Freshmen who have been initiat
ed into Phi Sigma will elect next
year’s officers Thursday at 7:15
p. m. in the YMCA.
Presents Proposal List
By JERRY BENNETT
Battalion Managing Editor
President Harrington agreed last night to consider three
proposals which would lead to a consolidation of the Corps of
Cadets by housing freshmen with the other three classes.
The proposals were presented to the president by three
members of the 15-man steering committee of the junior
class for 1953-54 corps policy.
These members were Fred Mitchell, corps sergeant ma
jor, Kurt Goode, corps operations officer, and Vol Mont
gomery, junior yell leader.
The first proposal asks for an eventual consolidation of
the corps where all classes would live together. The second
recommends the consolidation should be done starting next
fall. The third recommends two trial consolidated units be
set up next year in case the program could not be inacted
throughout the entire corps. The
committee feels these trial units
would prove the advantages of a
consolidated corps and help perfect
it for future years.
Details of the consolidation plan
would have to be worked out by a.
joint committee of cadets, faculty
members, and administrative rep
resentatives, Mitchell said. Mitchell
explained the committee would co
operate with the administration in
any way possible to make the plan
a success.
Basic Division
Regardless of where the fresh
men are housed, the committee
feels they should remain under the
academic supervision of the Basic
Division.
In addition to the three proposals
the committee also presented the
president with a list of advantages
a consolidated corps would have
over the present system of fresh-
fnen segregation. These advan
tages are classified under four gen
eral categories: academic, military,
morale, and activity.
The complete list of these pro
posed advantages appears on page
two.
Harrington asked the committee
several questions concerning the
proposed consolidation. He ex
plained, though, the questions were
for his own information and were
not intended to show criticism of
the committee’s work.
Under the proposed consolida
tion the board (instrument for haz
ing) would have to be completely
abolished, Mitchell said. Goode
said A&M must turn out men who
can conti'ol without hazing. If men
who haze underclassmen are eli
minated, the standards of the
school will be raised, he said.
Harrington asked the three com
mitteemen if they thought a man
who didn’t show officer qualities
by the end of his junior year
should be i-emoved from the corps.
Mitchell agreed by saying any
man who graduates from A&M
with a commission must have
qualities which would enable him
to care for the lives of his men.
‘Good of Country’
No man should be an officer who
is not capable of leading men into
battle, he said. “The good of the
country comes before the good of
the school,” Mitchell added.
Harrington asked the three men
if housing freshmen with the up
perclassmen would make the fresh
men feel uneasy. He said visitors
who remembered when all classes
lived together were amazed at the
present relaxation of the freshmen.
(See CHANGES, Page 5)
one-way, he told the Accident Pre
vention Committee yesterday.
The street, immediately in front
of the Postoffice, will be one-way
going north, and the continuation
of Houston St., past the small Y,
will be one-way going South and
coming on to the campus, Badgett
said.
Another one-way street is plan
ned for Roberts St. (between the
library and Bagley Hall) and Hub
bard St. (between the library and
the new Science Building) in the
area surrounding the Cushing Me
morial Library.
Roberts will be one-way toward
the west, while Hubbard St. will
complete the semicircle at back of
the Academic building and be one
way going East.
Bennie A. Zinn, assistant dean
of men and chairman of the com
mittee, said four recommendations
will be made to the Campus Traf
fic Committee. Besides the pro
posals for the one way streets, the
committee recommends:
® Allowing the Academic Build
ing parking lot to have the extra
entrance it has now and to be
marked “Entrance Only” and “Exit
Only.”
® Placing of stop signs at the
Throckmorton and Jones Sts. in
tersection.
® Placing speed zone signs at
various points on the campus.
Badgett also told the committee
that every college building had
been inspected recently for fire
hazards and all fire extinguishers
checked. Replacements and repairs
are being made where necessary,
he said.
“All elevators have been inspect
ed and will be three, times each
year,” he added.
Ralph Vernon of the industrial
education department reported that
all the engineering shops will be
surveyed completely by Thursday
to seek causes of accidents in these
locations.
Lt. Col. Robert L. Melcher, act-
(See ONE-WAY, Page 5)
SILVER STAR—Mrs. James H. Rives receives the Silver Star medal awarded posthumous
ly to her son, 2nd Lt. David Rives, ’52. Col. Shelly P. Myers, PMS&T, presented the med
al to Mrs. Rives at the Aggie Muster review Tuesday. Mrs. Rives’ husband and her son,
Fred, look on. Escorts for the Rives family ere Ross Volunteers Billy Reed (left) and
Hollie Briscoe. (Phot by US Air Force)
Gilchrist
Says Abolish
TS Academy
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist said
today that the A&M System Board
of Directors should abolish the
Tarleton State College Academy.
The State House of Representi-
tives has passed a bill giving the
Board the power to do away with
the high school part of the A&M
System junior college.
Gilchrist said that the abolish
ment of the academy would great
ly reduce the running expense of
the system because of the limited
enrollment of the Academy. “In
reality nothing would be abolished
by the bill, but defects of the ori
ginal law would be corrected,” he
added.
Gilchrist said that in the event
that the high school courses were
in enough demand they would be
offered again.
The bill has not yet been passed
by the state senate.