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Volume 53
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Honor Code
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“People in J? arK l Arts and
hand inj
ure sure Abbott, dean of the
‘dumb’it; ts and Sciences, said
If a p he Intercouncil Com-
that is si , fScully will be told
he should ™ 1 ’ Code so that they
ie mediately rnie <i i enough to in-
y ; servatioii their classes,
o i weeks. should not he pres-
■s “If th- e students but they
dead in! about it,” Abbott
the Intercouncil that
cent of his school has
councilman, however,
im to say that it was
by a “two-to-ono”
l of his classes.
Barlow, dean of the
CVdlecra engineering, said the
“fie i-neers’ Council plan-
a booklet which ex-
iJallKltjnor Code. It will be
iroughout the college
I n m" said
vuvutppgr cent of my school
it and 22 per cent of
p e operating under it,”
said that his faculty
Id about the Honor
NORiext year.
1 of both deans seem-
-.. ,. if the students want
will be available for
, ie faculty would not
LCntlle to install it.
from tin* School of
llQM/l.aid the code had fail-
XluIUlV j n their classes. Dr.
lepardson, dean of the
BJlgricultuie, was not
HARDWAF^ 0 £ the Honor Code,
* CHINA the Student Engi-
jl and then passed to
ouncils through the
Committee, requires
rproval of each mem-
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1953
Price Five Cents
her in the different class sections.
Adoption is by class section only.
Councilman John S. Samuels
explained the final plans for the
Aggie Follies. Discussion of how
the income from the Follies will
be split between the Aggie Players
and the councils was planned for
the next meeting Monday.
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After Dinner
Speech Has
Poor ‘Meat ’
.Some people might find Dr.
R. D. Turk’s after dinner
speeches unpopular cvi
though he wastes no time get
ting to the “meat” of his sub
ject.
Turk spoke and showed
slides yesterday to the College
Station Lions Club on infected
meat just after the club mem
bers had finished eating
roast beef luncheon.
Turk is head of the veteri
nary parasitology department.
A&M Consolidated Bond Issue
Approved Saturday, 395-231
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Aggie Players Open
Parents Day Friday
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The passing Saturday of a $385,000 bond issue for A&M
Consolidated School started plans for construction of a new
high school for College Station. The bond issue passed 395
to 231.
Plans call for a 14-room high school, a 600-seat auditor
ium, a general purpose room for Lincoln School for Negroes
and approximately 13 acres of land to be purchased.
Architect William Caudill, of Caudill, Rowlett and Scott,
will draw up several sets of plans and specifications for the
new buildings for selection by the school board.
“We anticipate quite a bit of study on the plans before
one is accepted,” said E. E. Brown, school board president.
to:
Open House and Parents’ Day
activities begin Friday with the
Aggie Players’ production of “Har
vey” and the Aggie Follies start
ing at 7 p. m. in Guion.
The Sixth Annual Chick, Poult
and Egg Show will start the Sat
urday program at 8 a. m. and will
continue through the day at the
poultry Center.
Awards and Merits convocation
of the School of Arts and Sciences
begins at 9 a. m. Saturday, in
Guion Hall. It will be followed at
11 a. m. by the School of Engi
neering convocation. At 10 a. m.
and 2 p. m. the Chemical Corps
will present smoke demonstrations
on the main drill field.
The MSC will hold an open
house from 2-5 p. m. Saturday. A
second performance of “Harvey”
will be given at 3 p. m. in Guion
and the final Aggie Follies will be
held Saturday night at 7:30.
“Harvey is Free
Tickets, to the Friday perform
ance of the Aggie Follies are 75
cents which includes free admis
sion to “Harvey”. The Saturday
performance will cost $1 and will
also entitle the purchaser to free
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yan Comir
First St
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olarsh ip A ward
ts Set Saturday
BBS &
group of the 400 R. P. Ward, School of Engineering
.. , r. hool seniors who have Dick Hervey, secretary qf the
MemberIt^ e aTll | U a| opportunity Former Students Association; and
I nB ur aMf irships will take Col- R. G. Perryman, assistant regis
trar and secretary of the commit-
i tests Saturday May
gjimistry Lecture Room.
Troup took the quizzes
ly in the Chemistry
f A II\[D1» from 1 to 5 p. m.
gQ scholarships will
liis fall to incoming
ALF-H00 hr ° u ^ ? e „ T d ^ ve , 1 1 op '
5aid E. E. McQuillen,
& ctf fund -
jry of three quizzes
AiUhorizedfcjt on reading, math-
(jj 01 „ ( ; a general knowledge,
s of these tests, 00m-
e Block Easti-^eed 0 f financial aid,
r igh school scholastic
COLLEWrj leadership qualities
awarding of these
f s will he reviewed by
■immittee, and the win-
\/ receive scholarships
rf fl.
.••SC 1 ? Birman David H. Morg-
.J! Ijk iHfthe college; E. E. Mc-
ttrsiL f&d °f the development
E. Redmond, School
i®tjjy Medicine; Dr. W. J.
fcsaAatidL*~2&ogy department; and
int, School of Agrieul-
tee.
The scholarships are given to
the student development fund by
the Former Students Association,
A&M clubsp Mother’s Clubs, Cam
pus Chest, individuals and cor
porations.
“There are 251 boys now enroll
ed in the college on these scholar-
’ships,” said McQuillen.
admission to “Harvey” earlier that
afternoon. All tickets will be on
sale in the MSC and in the Guion
Hall ticket booth.
Proceeds from Aggie Follies will
pay the expenses of Open House
and Parents’ Day, said Bert Wel
ler, chairman of the Intercouncil
Committee.
At 8 p. m. Saturday, the Aggie
softball team plays the Marlin All
Stars on the lighted softball field.
A free All-College Dance at The
Grove will start at 9 p. m. It is
sponsored by Student Activities in
honor of Aggje parents.
Flower Pinning
Parents’ Day activities begin
with the flower pinning cei'emony
at 8:15 a. m. Sunday. Presentation
of best drilled sophomore and
freshman awards will be made at
the same time.
First call for the Parents’ Day
review will be at 8:50 a. m. Open
house in cadet dormitories begins
at 11 a. m. and lasts until 4 p. m.
Sunday.
President M. T. Harrington will
give a reception for students, their
parents and friends from 2:30—
4:30 Sunday afternoon, in his
home. An hour-long concert by
the- Aggie and Freshman Bands
will be conducted on the lawn of
the President’s home.
Exhibits will be given Saturday
by nearly every department on the
campus. A complete program of
special events and activities will
be distributed in the housing areas
by Friday noon.
All students academic councils
cooperated to sponsor the Open
House and Parents’ Day activities.
An Intercounail committee coordi
nates all activities and sponsors
the Aggie Follies.
The cast for “Harvey” includes
Veta Louise Simmons, Mrs. D.
H. Morgan; Myrtle Mae Simmons,
Iris. Bullard; Elwood P. Dowd,
Harry Gooding; Mrs. Chauvenet,
Elizabeth Cook; Dr. Lyman San
derson, Bill Witty.
Dr. William Chumley, Ted Cas-
(See PLAYERS, Page 2)
Cartoon by Bob Hendry
Gen. Eugene F. Smith, Ret. U.S. Army
“Howdy,” says Presidential-candidate
A&M’S NEXT PRESIDENT—I
Gen. Smith Shows
Military Outlook
The question of the times: “Who
will be A&M’s next president?”
Both Battalion Co-Editors Frank
Manitzas and Joel Austin have
been plagued by this question from
friends, enemies, faculty and stu
dents of the college.
“We decided it was time some
one put a little light on the sub
ject, so we asked our news editor
and staff cartoonist Bob Heiidry
to start investigating what A&M’s
next president might be like,” they
said.
Hendry told the co-editors that
he would poll the state, the former
and present students and faculty
to see whom they believe might be
a good president.
Starting in The Battalion today,
is the first of the series of car
toons and features about the per
sons who might be the next presi
dent.
•
He is Gen. Eugene F. Smith
(Ret., US Army).
Increases Prof Interest
Instructors Approve Rating
Henry
nbers of the committee
Ransdell, basic divis-
enherthy, dean of men;
Instructors and professors voic
ed approval of student ratings of
the faculty, but felt that irrel
evant and extraneous factors af
fect and distort such ratings.
In a report from the Committee
on Development of Teaching Per
sonnel (CDTP), a survey shows
that about 50 per cent of the facul
ty believe that students are cap
able and qualified to rate in
structors while 36.3 per cent say
“no”.
An analysis questionnarie, con
sisting of 46 items and devised by
H. H. Remmers and P. C. Baker,
both of Purdue University, was
&C«i|E Gives Kruger
Islanding’ Award
HA®
FASHj 0 nei 0 f the Corps Wel-
TEEIvhas been named one of
tstanding Air ROTC
1 the United States by
Society of Military
M wleceive the award from
J f\K. Way, PAS&T, who
m MI t ^ ie Society.
mJtn t ^ e ordy Air F° rce ca-
ittwry ^ jntire southwest to re-
^^d^iward, with no other
ig to Texans this year,
Hy Ice CreaL-uther Westbrook, Air
here.
mellp io a °! witl ; a "y. r °tc
, Air or Army, is asked
“A Nutrili
to recommend two men for the
honor. One is a student who is a
candidate for a degree, the other
is a student with one year left un
til he applies for a degree, West
brook said.
The award is limited to engi
neering students.
Kruger was chosen on the basis
of his scholastic standing, mili
tary I’ating, rank held and per
sonal opinions of him by military
and engineering instructors.
The cadet who is nominated is
chosen in much the same manner
as the General Moore Trophy win
ner, Westbrook said.
sent by the CDTP to 457 faculty
members, following the student
rating in the fall. About 85 per
cent answered.
The student rating was a sur
prise thrown to both students and
the faculty by the Executive Com
mittee of the college under the di
rection of Dr. David H. Morgan,
dean of the college. The rating is
taken every two years and the
next one will be in 1954.
Increase Interest
One of the items which 66.9 per
cent of the faculty strongly agreed
was that student rating program
tends to increase the interest of
the teaching staff in teaching
problems.
About 80 per cent of the faculty
approved the item that analysis of
student opinion may call a 11 e n-
tion to undesirable methods of in
struction, courses of study and
instructor personality of which the
instructors themselves are un
aware.
Another item which received
58.6 per cent agreement with the
faculty was that “whatever might
be the validity of student opinions,
they exist and exert a powerful in
fluence on the effectiveness of the
course.”
The committee felt that through
out the questionnaire, the faculty’s
answers showed the instructors ac
cept student ratings in a “positive
manner.”
About 47 per cent of the in
structors agreed that hostility to
ward student ratings, on the part
of the faculty, may interfere with
teaching efficiency, but 41.8 per
cent said “No” to the item that
a predominance of low ratings will
discourage the teacher.
About 59 per cent of the faculty
also said “No” when asked if stu
dent ratings tend to disrupt the
morale of the faculty. About 67
per cent disagreed with the item
that student ratings tend to have
a disruptive effect on the morale
of the students.
“The use of student ratings
makes possible a wholesome kind
of coopeiative effort to improve
learning”, agreed 60.2 per cent of
the instructors.
The faculty voted 52. 4 per cent
“No” to the item that “student
ratings cause instructors to cater
to adverse student opinion at the
expense of quality teaching.” But
in the question asking “If student
ratings are used, there is a danger
students may acquire the feeling
that they are the judges of the
worth of the teachers,” the faculty
voted 51.4 “yes.”
Placing confidence in the stu
dents, the faculty voted 64.3 per
cent “Yes” that the judgments of
the students are generally reliable,
but also voted “Yes” that students
are inclined to make “snap” judg
ments.
A strong 58.6 per cent “No”
was registered to the question that
students are, on the whole, imma
ture, superficial and prejudiced in
their evaluation of teaching. About
(See RATINGS, Page 2)
Gen Smith started at A&M but
left after two weeks for. The
Citadel when he decided to make
the Army a career. After two
months at The Citadel he transfer-
ed to VMI, but soon he received an
appointment to the United States
Military Academy.
Being a good athlete and a poor
student, Smith did not finish at
West Point but left and joined the
Army. After he went to OCS and
when World War I started was
given a commission.
Serving faithfully in the Army
for 35 years, Smith rose quickly
to the rank of general.
He is famous for his “whipping
out” and remembers the names of
all his sergeants.
Although Gen. Smith never re
ceived a bachelor degree, he was
awarded two doctor degrees from
univei’sities on the islands which
he liberated in the Far East Cam
paigns.
A strict disciplinarian, Gen.
Smith never allows his wife to
address him without his title
(general). He is known affection
ately to his 19-year-old-son as
“the general” and his cocker
spaniel, ‘Single,’ salutes him every
time he passes.
His Corps unit during the war
was known as the friendliest in the
Far East campaigns, another rea
son why he is a likely candidate.
When asked if he would like to
return to his Alma Mater, Gen.
Smith said. “It would be unique,
I, who never received a degree
from A&M, to return there as
president. I would accept.”
Bonnen Named
School Board
President
C. A. Bonnen was elected
president of the A&M Consol
idated School Board of Trus
tees last night.
Other new officers are John
Rogers, vice-president, and Milton
William^, secretary.
The board canvassed and ap
proved the results of the bond
election Saturday. A $385,000
bond issue passed, 395 to 231.
Letters of appreciation were sent
to people who helped the school
board in the election, including one
to The Battalion.
“On behalf of myself, the school
board, and the children of Consoli
dated, I want to thank the voters
for restoring my faith in democ
racy,” said E. E. Brown, president
of the school board. “There is no
better place to start preparing for
the future than the school—a good
school will provide for the welfare
of the community for the years to
“I hope those who voted against
the bond issue will see the ne^d in
the future a?id work with the
school,” he added.
The school board will call on
the Educational Commission to
help choose a plan if they can
help in any way, Brown said.
It probably will he two to four
Aveeks before the plans are ready
for consideration.
A site committee composed of
school board members C. A. Bon
nen, Don Vestal and John Rogei-s
is making arrangements for buying
the Dobrovolny-Holick tract east
of the present school. Approxi
mately 13 acres will be purchased,
with an option on another seven
acres south of this site.
The school board has appointed
Phillip Goode as attorney for con
demnation proceedings.
Rauschier, Pierce and Co. al
ready has contracted to buy the
bond issue. Arrangements cannot
be completed until the city evalu
ation board has finished certifying
the evaluation raise effected to
raise taxes to pay for the bond
issue.
“We’ll have to wait until the
school census is completed next
week,” said Superintendent L. S.
Richardson. “On a preliminary
count, it looks like we’ll have a JO
or 11 per cent increase in the
school population next year.”
Judge for the election was Dr.
E. E. Vezey. Clerks were Mrs.
C. B. Godbey and Mrs. Curtis Wil
liams.
This was the school board’s sec
ond attempt for a bond issue this
year. A $650,000 bond issue was
deefated Jan. 20, 463 to 325. The
defeated plan included construction
of an elementary school in College
Hills.
Tl’s a Farce’
Inspection Wastes
Time, Cadet Says
Federal Inspection should be im
proved, said a majority of the stu
dents interviewed yesterday.
The opinions were pretty well
summed up by James Dempsey,
sophomore from Fort Woi’th, who
said, “There’s no point in federal
inspection the way it is now.
Anyone can clean a room when
ever he knows the inspection is
going to take place.”
“It’s a farce,” said Robert Jones,
sophomore from San Antonio. “The
inspecting officers didn’t take time
to inspect properly.”
Another view of the inspection
came from Donald Kemp, junior
from San Antonio. “It’s a good
idea as long as we haA 7 e it only
once a year.”
“Waste of time,” said Thomas
Coffman, freshman from Port Ar
thur. “I spent fourteen hours
cleaning my room and the inspect
ing officer asked me if I liked
ROTC and left.”
C DTP AsksContinuation
Of Student-Prof Ratings
Student ratings should be con
tinued as one method of appraising
instructor effectReness, recom
mended the Committee of Develop
ment o f Teaching Personnel
(CDTP).
In an analysis questionnaire, the
committee seeked the faculty’s at
titude toAvard student ratings, and
in conclusion, proposed four re
commendations to the Executive
Committee of the college.
Dr. David H. Horgan, dean of
the college, said he has not of
ficially been notified of the recom
mendations, but knoAvs about them.
He said the recommendations pro
bably will be submitted soon.
Other proposals, besides the con
tinuance of student ratings, were:
• To give careful study to the
content of any rating fonn and
the rating procedure in order to
reduce ambiguities and to remove,
as many; as possible, extravenous
and irrelevant factors Aidiich may
distort rating results.
• Both faculty and student re
presentatives should share in the
planning of student rating of in
structors so as to make this a
democratic cooperative endeavor.
• Results of ratings should be
reported directly to the faculty
member with administrators shar
ing indhndual rating information
only at the request of the individu
al instructor.
“The major aim and purpose of
the student rating,” the committee
said, “is one of personal develop
ment.”
Members of the CDTP include
Chairman J. G. McGuire, C. B.
Godbey, H. O. Johnson Jr., J. E.
McAfee, J. H. Hill, B. C. Moore,
J. W. Paxton, P. W. Bums, L. W.
Gibbs, C. M. Simmang, Robex’t
Jacobs, A. J. Kingston.
Russell Marlett, sophomore from
Newgulf, said, Federal Inspection
is good, but not the way it is now.
“It should be a surprise, because
anyone can get ready for it, if
given enough time.”
Paul Kennon, sophomore from
Shreveport, said, “Good idea, be
cause getting ready for it you find
things you don’t know you have.”
Band Presents
Annual Spring
Concert Tonite
The Aggie Band, under the
direction of Col. E. V. Adams,
will present at 7:30 p.m., a
program of 14 numbers in
their annual spring concert.
The first portion of the program
Avill consist of five numbers by
the freshmen band, the last part
of the shoAv will feature nine
numbers by the upperclassmen
band.
The freshmen will open the pro
gram Avith the “Star Spangled
Banner,” folloAved by a march, “Air
Waves” and an overture, “Student
Prince.” Two marches will fol
low, “Marche Fantastique” and
“Purple Pageant.”
“Annie Lauria a la Moderne,”
a cornet trio with band accompani
ment, featuring Jim Thomas, L.
A. Walker and Jerry Jenkins, will
be one of the featui’ed numbers
on the upperclassman band poi’-
tion.
Other selections on the second
part of the program will be “Hail
Miami,” “American Overture,” “El
Burrito,” “Amparito Roca,” “Eroi-
ca,” “Fitter Pat Parade,” “The
American Way,” and “The Spirit
of Aggieland.”
The concert is free, said Col.
Adams.
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