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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1953)
CS VOTES ON $385,000 BOND ISSUE IpsH. The Battalion RtJKUSHFA* tPAILY fJ\ THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE ^J7 Volume 53 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1953 Published By A&M Students For 75 Years Price Five Cents >posed Bonds J^JElelp Crowded ool Conditions About 1200 Cast Ballots In School-Wide Election f College Station will / on a $385,000 school Consolidated School ustees has proposed e to relieve crowded the present school 2 Gal s bu'M a new high ' ' ditorium, and a gen- room for Lincoln groes. Purchase of 13 adjacent to the pre- is included in the 2 Gal. es will be open from p. m. in the music olidated High School. >s for voting are re- lollege Station, pay- 952 poll tax and list- the rendered or un rolls. fded Schools board has given im- crowding as the need ■e. The school popula- almost double in the rs, said E. E. Brown, president. This is the second bond plan to be put befox - e the voters this year. A $650,000 plan was voted down 463 to 325, Jan. 20. This plan in cluded an elementary school for the College Hills area. After the defeat of the last plan, the school board decided on the present plan. “These improvements will solve our school nj*eds for four years,” Brown said. “If population of our school district continues to grow, we must plan -still more buildings after about four years, but we should never again face the ex tensive program needed this year.” Presently Planned As planned now by the school board, the lower grades, where crowding is heaviest, would move to the present junior high building. The junior high would move to the present senior high. All grades would use the present cafeteida and the proposed audi torium. The school board effected a 30 per cent tax raise to pay for issu ing the proposed bonds. The bonds would be paid off in 30 years. Opportunity Awards Tests Start May 2 Four hundred high school sen iors will compete here May 2 and 9, for 75 Opportunity Award Scholarships. The awards are given to out standing boys who are unable to attend college without financial aid. The awards range from $200 to $400 per year. They are offered to students in all fields of study, said E. E. McQuillen, director of the Development Fund. The examinations will be given the high school candidates in the Chemistry Lecture Room from 1 until 5 p. m. Boys from all over Texas will compete for the awards, McQuillen added. Y SHOWS amen Like A&M Married Fe Better Than Husbands udents at A&M are fly pleased with their .is while the husband ge, according to a by E. H. Williams irroll. v was made in the , taught by Daniel essor ife the agricul- ics and sociology ^e- Br are satisfied in a ter number than the 'le more than 87 per women said if they over again they would More than 85 per len answered affirma- ,’ent of the men said not get married if ;o do bvei and almost it of the women said not. The others an- reservations. i per cent of the mar- e attending A&M on Almost 54 per cent n are working to help ly expenses. Seven per 1 women earn 109 per family income; about eaim 50 per cent or family income. r Means Used ms of supplementing irnings were borrowed money, five per cent; family as sistance, 16 per cent; husband works part-time, 29 per cent; scholarships, 12 per cent; and sav ings, 3.5 per cent. Sixty-two per cent of the men assist their wives in the household choi-es. Professor Russell asks, “how does this sound to the single ‘he-man’ Vggiejs?” ^ ^ Mai-ried Aggies ai - e not waiting until they get out of school to have their ,children; 58 per cent of them have children now; four per; cent have three children and one per cent have four children. No Hired Help Few married students have hired help, even while their wives are working. Only 12 per cent an swered that they had hired help. Professors at A&M, says Pro fessor Russell, “can take a leaf from the married students finan cial programs, as 53.77 per cent of the married students have a sav ings plans under way even while they are in school. However, 26 per cent say that they are exceed ing their budget.” All of the wives are high school graduates; 13.33 per cent of the wives are college graduates and only 48 per cent have as much as one year in college. Fifty-three per cent of the wives studied home economics; 65 per "cent o'f the wives' plan their"meals in advance; 68 per cent do their laundry at home. Ninety per cent of married stu dents plan their financial problems together; however, 46 per cent of the husbands assume the responsi bility for paying the bills, 12 per cent of the wives. The others pay their bills together. Professor Russell says “33.33 per cent of the wives and husbands of the married students come from a different economic status.” Three hundred and fifty ques tionnaires were sent out by Car- roll and Williams. They got al most 65 per cent response. juniors Cast 400, ‘Fish* Class Lowest votes were cast yesterday in the general 47 posts which are being vacated this About 1200 elections to fill session. The Class of ’54 led the balloting with about 400 juniors turning out to vote. Civilian students showed an unusual interest, which was stimulated by rigorous campaigning in the dormitory area, with about 350 persons voting on the non-military ballot. The Class of ’55 also had a good turnout with about 340 persons voting. Lowest number voting was in the freshman class where only about 30 members cast votes in the central polling place in the MSC. Only one more election remains this year. It is the choosing of an Election Commission. Filing for posts on the Commis sion begins at 8 a.m. Monday in the Student Activities office, sec ond floor of Goodwin Hall, said Charles R. (Bubba) Blank, co- chairman of the commission. Five members will be chosen from each class and five will be appointed from the Student Sen ate. Candidates must have a grade point ratio of 1.0 and be willing to serve throughout the year. Elec tion of the new Commission will be held Wednesday, May 13, in the MSC. Jerry Bennett of Fort Worth and Ed Holder of Wichita Falls were elected co-editors for The Battal ion. Both were unopposed. Bennett is the corps representa tive and Holder will be the civilian co-editor. Barent C. (Dutch) Dutcher of San Antonio and Allan H. (Boot- sie) Hohlt of Brenham were chosen co-editors for The Aggieland ’54. Both were unopposed. In the freshman Student Senate race, a poor -turnout set the, wina. nihg margins between 13 and 15 votes. Those named to the Senate from the Class of ’56 were: Larry B. Kennedy of Houston, Don Dixon of Lufkin, Raul Garcia of Laredo, John (Kess) Kessinger of San An gelo, Jan D. Broderick of Balboa, Canal Zone, Byron A. Parham of Jackson, Tenn. The 10 members of the Class of ’55 named to the Senate were: Wal lace Eversberg of Baton Rouge, La., John W. Benefield of Jeffer son, J. Frank Ford of Lubbock, Howard F. Childers of Amarillo, Charlie Seely of Rockwall, Buck (See GENERAL, PAGE 6) Women’s Clubs Landscapers End Work Here Home demonstration club leaders finished yesterday their second annual landscape workshop here. About 250 women attended the two-day course and saw the displays. Mrs. D. W. Williams, president of the College Station Garden club, welcomed the group. Among the main speakers were Sallie Hill, editor of The Progres sive Farmer home department, and Sadie Hatfield, home improvement specialist. Garden club hostesses included Mrs. G. G. Gibson, Mrs. George G. Foster, and Mrs. Ivan Langford. Brazos county home demonstration club women hostesses were Mrs. J. ' O. Alexander, chairman of the council; Mrs. W. M. Powers, Mrs. A. L. Scale, Mrs. T. O. Williams and W. C. Dahlkemper. Special visits to homes near the campus included those of Mrs. N. C. McGinnis to study hardy shrubs and design; Mrs. Joe Mogford, Mrs. R. E. Callender, Mrs. C. H. Winkler to see the landscape plan, barbecue and outdoor living areas. A demonstration on flower ar rangement by Mrs. W. Armstrong Price, member of the State Garden Club Board of Directors and flower show judge, was given Wednesday in the MSC Ballroom. NEWS BRIEFS Engineers Will Not Hold Ball igma, freshman honor ated seven new mem- at its annual spring MSC. shman members are , James Henson, Ro und Don Swoffard. nitiates were Dean of David H. Morgan, Dr. . head of the chemistry and J. L. Shawn, as sessor in the mathe- . rtment. '. Walker was announc- dent of the fraternity ar. Other new officers # , 1 i D. Willis, vice-pres- ■t C. Barlow, secretary; ^nkins, treasurer; and cmoreland, historian. . • 1 r’s junior advisor will msey, this year’s presi- \ Trotter Jr. will be ZCK • 'is elected co-advisor of lean of the Basic Divis- 1 Bertrand is the other as the speaker for the THE ENGINEERS Ball held during the past two years resulted in the loss of several hundreds of dollars, therefore it was decided not to have one this year, said Dr. Howard W. Barlow, dean of the School of Engineering. It is too early to say if one will be held next year, Barlow said. * * * THE ROSS VOLUNTEERS will represent A&M Saturday in the Neches River Festival in Beau mont. About 36 men will make the trip. Lyle Wolf skill, Danny Howell and Guy Shown will be in com mand of the group. * * * THE CLASSES of 1912 and 1913 will elect class agents at their re unions here this weekend. The reunions, which officially open with a luncheon at 12:15 p. m. Saturday, will feature a joint tour of the campus followed by a reception at the MSC Ballroom. Advanced registration shows 41 exes and wives due at the 1912 re union and 60 former students and wives at the 1913 reunion. * * * A SPUR CLIP tie clasp was pre sented Thursday to Thomas W. Lee, cashier of the College Station State Bank, at a farewell dinner. Lee will take his new position Majx 15 as vice - president and cashier of the Spring Branch State Bank at the Spring Branch Com munity near Houston. * * * THE KREAM AND KOW Klub will elect officers for next year at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in Room 3B of the MSC, said Jim Youngblood, president. * * RESULTS of the In - Service Teacher’s Training program will be released early next week, said J. G. McGuire, chairman of the committee and of the engineering department. The report will be mailed to the faculty and probably will be released Monday, McGuire said. * * * DON THOMPSON of Temple and Andrew Hudson of Alpine have been elected as representatives to the National Agricultural Econ omics Convention by the Agricul tural Economics Club. The convention will be held Aug. 18-20 at Corvallis, Ore. The two A&M students will debate on a cui’rent economic pi’oblem dealing with agriculture. * * * MAJ. GEN. HARRY H. Johnson, ’17, received United States Senate confirmation of his indefinite ap pointment as a general in the Army Reserve last week. His appointment is one of the first to be made under the new Armed Forces Reserve Act. He received an Honorary LLD in agri culture from A&M. He has been an assistant to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agricul ture and he lives Houston. * * * STEPHEN F. Austin High School’s band will present its spring concert at 7:30 p. m. today in the school auditorium. A 30- minute concert by the Lamar Jun ior High School Bulldog band will precede the main program. * * * THE EXECUTIVE committee of the Academic Council recommended this week that the late Richard S. Walker be awarded a B B A ^egree posthumously. Walker died two weeks ago in the College Hospital. Reasons given for the committee’s i-equest were that he was a degree candidate and he more than filled the grade re quirement for a degree. * * * RAYMOND HEIGHT has been named director of the St. Thomas’ Chapel choir, according to the Rev. Robert L. Darwall, vicar. * 5jC * • L. O. HILL, senior electrical engineering student, of San An tonio, represented A&M’s student branch of the Institute of Radio Engineers in Houston Tuesday at a Student Competition Prize Paper Meeting of the-Houston Section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Hill won the competition in the student branch here and talked to the Houston group on “Tran sistors.” The winner of the $60 first prize has not yet been an nounced. o- 4 s 4 s JIMMY HOOTEN, a student at North Texas State College, will be the main speaker at the Baptist Student Union vesper program at 7:30 p. m. Friday, said Cliff Har ris, BSU directoi’. Hooten will show slides of his work as a missionary last summer in Palmer, Alaska. ❖ * * SENIOR RING Dance and Ban quet tickets went on sale at 8 a.m. today in the Student Activities Of fice, second floor of Goodwin Hall, said W. D. (Pete) Hai’desty, busi ness manager for Student Activi ties. Senior ring picture tickets will be sold only from The Commen tator office, also in Goodwin Hall, beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, he added. Eaxdy buyers will have time preference as to when they will have to go through the ring, Hardesty said. Dignitaries Climax Two-Day Inspection The Corps of Cadets had on its Federal Inspection team passed the cleanest uniforms and brightest | climax of the two-day procedure brass Thursday and today as the | this morning. Ah — Ha! Dust! College Calendar Not Yet Complete The College Calendar for next year has not been completed, said C. G. (Spike) White, assistant dean of men for Student Activi ties. “We have only prepared an ex perimental schedule which may be completely revised,” White said. Before the entire calender is published, White continued, several different clubs must set the dates of their dances. These clubs meet this week for‘this purpose. Then action will be taken by the Stu dent Life Committee to publish the complete schedule, he said. Following this climax — inspec tion of rooms, the visiting of ficers had a con- ferexice with President M. T. Harrington. Alter lunch, the team spent addi tional time in classroom inspec tion which will continue through 4 p. m. At 5 p. m. to day, the visiting officers will hold a critique with the college mili tary officials. Cadets began cleaning and mopping rooms as early as last week in preparation for the big affair. There were others who waited until the late hours last night to start cleaning up and some who never quite finished. Rooms were checked for every thing. Floors had to be clean enough to substitute for a table in the Waldorf-Astoria, and windows received one of their few dustings and washings of the school year. Following the revue yesterday, the corps settled down to sirloin steaks in the mess hall in px-epara- tion for the all-night vigil in px-e- paring the rooms for ixxspection. A freshman summed it up pretty good late Thux-sday night as he pulled and pushed a mop: “BoyI It’s a good thing we don’t have coeds here. We’d have to do this all the time.” Aggie Band to Play Annual Concert Tuesday The Aggie Band will present at 7:45 p. m. Tuesday in Guion Hall its annual spring concex-t with Col. E. V. Adams, director, conducting. “The concert will be fx-ee,” said Adams. First part of the program will consist of four numbers by the freshman band. The upperclass man band will present nine num bers in the second part. The freshmen will open the pro- gi’am with the Star Spangled Ban ner-, followed by a march, “Air Waves” and an overture, “Student Pilxrce.” Two marches will fol low, “Marche Fantastique” and “Purple Pageant.” “Hail Miami” will begin the up perclassmen’s section of the spring concert. Next on the program will be an arrangement of folk songs scored by Paul LaValle, di rector of The Band of America. Some of these will be “Home on the Range,” “Little Liza Jane, “Red River Valley” and “Yankee Doodle.” Bloodmobile to Be Here May 12-13 * The Bloodmobile unit will return here May 12 and 13 for the Nation al Armed Forces Week Dx-ive. The unit will operate from 12 noon until 6 p. m. on both days. It will be in Bryan May 11 and at Bryan Air Force Base May 14 and L5. “We are expecting 250 pints each day,” said L. J. Phillips Jr., chairman of the campus blood drive. Day students may contact the Housing Office for donating ap pointments, he said. Students who gave blood on March 24 will not be eligible to donate during this drive, Phillips said. “Annie Laurie a Za Moderne,” a cornet trio with band accompani ment, will feature Jim Thomas, L. A. Walker and Jerry Jenkixrs. Next on the program will be “El Burrito.” This novelty rhythm is based on the hoof beats of a carefree little donkey, who occa sionally works a “hot lick” into the pattern of his gait as he trudges down the road, said Col. Adams. Other numbers by the upper classmen will be “Amparito Roca,” a Spanish march, “Eroica,” based on themes from Beethoven’s Third Symphony, “Fitter Pat Parade,” another of La Valle’s melodies, “The Axnerican Way,” a concert march and the closing number of the program, “The Spirit of Ag gieland.” Weather Today CLEAR WEATHER TODAY: Probably clear except for dust haze. Winds 13 to 18 mph. from the northwest with gusts. Generally clear for the whole area except for showers in the Houston area.