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Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By A&M Students For 75 Years 69: Volume 53 5 Council O Ks 735.10 Budget COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1953 Price Five Cents Council approved last '35.10 budget for the jeginning Sept. 1 and ?w oi'ganization under > Club was made a the MSC Directorate n the budget. »f the 14 recommended e cut by the Council, relations committee’s dashed $83 from a re- to $132. The biggest m the amount allotted iphs. n of a trip to Houston le tennis committee’s £0, from $130.40 to s appropriations from et aside annually for ; budget ran $167.40 r’s budget of $5,567.70. he committees took a tned the same. How- usic committee’s was the directorate in- and radio was upper ete budget is: Library $760.00 ub $256.00 Bowling Club $437.20 Art Gallery $881.00 Crafts $318.00 Junto Club $ 62.00 Dance Committee $ 45.00 Radio Club $188.00 Table Tennis $130.40 Council $424.00 Directorate $597.00 Public Relations $132.00 Music $538.00 House $860.00 Total $5,735.10 The revolving fund budget was not discussed at Monday’s initial meeting of the new Council. About $2,929.50 will be asked for by the dance committee to operate the dance classes, Cafe Rue Pinalle and the Intercollegiate Talent Show. Money taken from the $5,000 re volving fund is repaid. Don Friend, vice president of the Council, gave a report on the As sociate of College Unions national conference held in San Francisco, Calif, last month. Samuels, Friend, and J. Wayne Stark, MSC direc tor, attended the conference. Samuels was president of the college unions last year. . 10 Named Top t for Third Year I L-. • ..... TOP AWARD—Cadet Colonel of the Corps Weldon Kruger receives his American Society of Military Engineers Award from Col. John A. Way, PAS&T, during the Parent’s Day review Sunday. The award is given each year to 10 RO- TC students in the United States. Kruger is the only Air Force cadet in the southwest to receive the award. For Punishment i ird consecutive year, jO (formerly H Air on the General George aid for highest over- cy in academic, mili- ural and extra- cur- ities. d winning organiza- nded by Charles R. ed to wear the white which denotes its f the Moore Trophy, of the Corps Weldon eceived the Texas De- eserve Officers As- ard for the outstand- fficer. Col. Paul M. esident of the Texas nted Kruger with a anding junior in the Mitchell of Galveston, Caldwell Trophy, a Mrs. John S. Cald- otter Jr. received the of $200 as an out lier cadet from Mrs. , vice-regent of the Society. Gets Award cup and key were pre- . Frank Ford by the &M Mothers Clubs for lutstanding sophomore M. Harris, outgoing the federation. Charles F. Hornstein ed with the Albert ison saber for being an senior cadet by the lughters of the Con- . Pullen, received the ey Lane scholarship of sophomore enrolled in of Arts and Sciences, tary or air science. The presented on behalf of Daughters of 1812 by tephens, president of Society of the organiza- he American Revolution >en File Election up Posts ptudents have filed for Commission representa- b 1953-54 school year, osed at 5 p.m. yester- g will be held from 8 p.m. Wednesday in a ip in front of the MSC iresentatives from each e classes will be elected. ■ students will be ap- the Student Senate next iio have filed are as fol- nember—L. R. Wright, Kilg&re, B. P. Pantuso s J. Hlavinka. member — Thurmond H. James E. Caffey and ohnson. >re member—Marion L. J. D. Bishop, Dwaine Patterson, Rufus W. rbertj W. Whitney, Rob- llcroft, Paul A. Rathbun L, Johnson, awards were presented to out standing seniors in every branch of Air Force and Ground Force specialization. Earle D. Behrends, president of the Texas Society of the group, presented the medals to 17 seniors. Best Drilled Unit A Battery Anti-aircraft Artil lery won the Houston Chamber of Commei'ce Military Affair's - Com mittee award for the best-drilled unit for the second consecutive year. Eleven junior cadets won in dividual awards from the Houston Chamber of Commerce. All members of F Company of the Third Division received certifi cates in recognition of their unit’s coming in first in academic, mili tary, intramural and extra-curri cular proficiency in that Division. Dean of Men W. U Penberthy made the presentation pf F Com pany commander, W. G- Garrison. President Awards Medels President of the College M. T. Harrington presented medals to members of -the Freshman Drill Team for meritorious service to the college.,* - Corps staff, regimental com manders, battalion commanders and company commanders received awai'ds from the Dean of Men’s office in recognition and apprecia tion of superior performance o,f their duties this year. Awards for proficiency in their branch were presented to sixteen cadets by their branch associa tions. The Drum and Bugle Corps, nineteen cadets in all, received gold keys from A. M. Waldrop of Bry an. Squadron 10 also won the Wool- ridge award, a saber presented to the commander of the outstanding Air Force outfit. Cadets Want Book On Aggie Customs By WESLEY MASON Battalion News Staff Aggie customs and traditions should be defined and published if men are to be punished for violat ing them, cadets said yesterday. Ten out of 12 men interviewed in the MSC Monday answered yes to this question: “Should the customs and traditions of A&M be defined and published along with penalities for their violation?” Nine of the men felt that the Senior Court should give out the punishments. “The traditions and customs Tornado May Strike Here .Possibility of tornadoes are forecast for the College Sta tion and Bryan area tonight by the CAA Weather Bureau at Easterwood Airport. Thunderstorms are expected to start at 2 p.m. today and continue through 4 a.m. Wed nesday, the bureau forecast. There is a possibility of hail, said the bureau. “A cold front will pass through College Station be tween 4 and 6 a.m. Wednesday. The temperature may dip to 65 degrees,” said the Weather Bureau. Both College Station and Bryan are in the extreme southeast edge of the tornado area. Local Chamber Joins East Texas C of C The College Station Chamber of Commerce and Civic Development Association voted yesterday to join the East Texas Chamber of Com merce. The local chamber was host to the East Texas group for their an nual meeting here April 13 and 14. Hershel Burgess, College Sta tion insurance man, was elected president of the East Texas Cham ber of Commerce for next year. Never Been Member The College Station Chamber has never been a member of the East Texas group. The Chamber’s membership drive for 1953-54 is coming along better than it has in several years, said Nestor M. McGinnis, manager of the group. Solicitors for the drive are work ing in each of the college buildings and in city residences. The Cham ber’s budget for 1953-54 is $2,200. Dean F. C. Bolton, president of the Chamber was elected to re present College Station in the Armed Forces Day parade in Bry an Saturday, The group also voted to assist the city in a clean-up campaign to be held within the next few weeks. City Manager Ran Boswell asked the Chamber to endorse the di'ive. Boswell said the date for the drive would be announced in The Battalion as soon as it was de finitely decided. McKnight to Speak To Journalists Felix R. McKnight, managing editor of the Dallas Morning News, will speak at 7:30 tonight to the Journalism Club. He will discuss a newspaper’s responsibility to present a fair and complete account of the news. He will speak in the Journalism Build ing. McKnight, former student in the class of ’32, was named Dallas’ Outstanding Young Man in 1943, received the National Sigma Delta Chi award for the best news story of 1944, and is former president of Boy Scout Cii'cle Ten Council. should be published and made available because obviously there is some misunderstanding, said James B. Chesser, junior civil engineering major from Atlanta. “A committee repi'esenting the whole corps should compile the book since everyone will have to live by its rules.” Certain customs and traditions should be published, and power to inforce them given to the Senior Court, said E. R. Johnson, senior petroleum and geological engineer ing major of Graham. Should Have Ideas • “No,” said James B. (Stix) Stahala, business administration major from Yoakum. “If a man were a good freshman, he would have had these ideas instilled in him by campusology orientation (See CUSTOMS, Page 4) Missing Muster Charge Against Jrs. Dropped Company Commander Asked Group to Revoke Charges Ten juniors who were campused until Christmas by the Senior Court last week had all charges removed by their company commander Monday night. The men had been charged with failure to attend the Aggie Muster April 21 and under Article 35 of the Articles of the Cadet Corps punished for not adhering to a long standing tradition. Lee Phillips, commander of A Signal Corps, the unit to which the juniors belonged, asked that his charges be with drawn and their court sentence dropped because he had not properly oriented the men about the Muster program. In a meeting held to review the case before the com- ♦mandant acted on the court rec ommendation, several facts were brought out by the juniors which were not presented at the trial. From these facts presented, Phil lips concluded the charges should be dropped. Other members of the reviewing group were Command ant Joe E. Davis, Senior Court President Barton Raynaud and Colonel of the Corps Weldon Kru ger. All members of the reviewing group concurred in Phillips decis ion. All Senior Court sentences are actually recommendations to the commandant concerning action that should be taken against ca dets they find guilty of charges. The commandant has the right to dismiss charges or revise the court sentence in any way. Action of the reviewing group was therefore possible since Davis had not yet rendered his decision on the mat ter. Tornadoe Hits Texas Cities; DeathTollHigh The fiercest tornadoes of the spring season struck with devastating force in Waco and San Angelo, Monday, kill ing at least 42, persons, injur ing hundreds of others and caus ing property damage in the mil lions of dollars. The death toll was placed at 67 by the Red Cross. Waco’s civil defense co-ordinator said 44 were killed and the final count may reach 100 or 150, with some 500 injured. The heaviest toll was in Waco, a city of some 90,000 persons in Central Texas. There were at least 34 known dead there. The death toll in San Angelo, in West Texas about 200 miles from Waco, was eight. The Texas twisters stz*uck after tornadic winds and storms ripped aci’oss midcontinent sections over the weekend, killing at least 15 persons. Thunderstorms and showers con tinued today in the lower Missis sippi Valley westward to South eastern Kansas, Eastern Oklaho ma and Eastern Texas. Heavy rainfalls were reported in some areas. Mild weather continued f r o m Texas northeastward to the lower Great Lakes region and eastward to the Atlantic Coast. Many cities reported record readings for the date yesterday. “I believe the court members acted in good faith and in keeping with their oath to judge according to their conscience,” said Davis. He further pointed out that if the men tried had presented all the (See JUNIORS, Page 4) Combat Arms Assigned Army Service Cadets Names of fourteen Quarter master Corps and Transporat- tion Corps seniors to be de tailed to other branches of the service pending their com mission in either QMC or TC after graduation, were released yester- oay by Col. Shelly P. Myers, PMS- &T. The cadets will be detailed to other branches because of the pre sent overstrength of Quartermas ter Corps and Transportation Corps officers. Detailed to the Armor were Her bert H. Harkride and Bobbie F. McLemore, both QMC. LeRoy R. Prihoda, TC, was de tailed to the Coips of Engineers, along with QMC cadets John Pat Richman, Guy E. Wallace, Jr., James P. Willson Jr., Ivan L. Win- sett and George D. Young. Receiving detail to the Infantry were Charles L. Bruchmiller, Ro bert Y. Lary, Wilfeon Weatherford and Charles R. Zeigler, QMC; also Jackie B. Ramsey, TC. Col. Myers was at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio yesterday and today conferring with Fourth Army and Texas Militai’y District officials concerning ROTC matters. PMS&T’s from other Fourth Army schools were also at the meeting. Lt. Col. J. J. Wilderman, exe cutive officer of the local Army detachment said Col. Myers will probably have more information about commissioning of Army stu dents when he returns from Fort Sam Houston tomorrow. Skrabanek Named Outstanding 1 > rof Robert L. Skrabanek, was awarded the outstanding professor in the School of Agriculture at the convocation of awards and mei'its of the School of Agricul ture. He was chosen for this award by the' Student Agriculture Council. “The purpose of this convocation is to stimulate interest on the part of the undergraduate on leader ship, excellence and profeciency,” said Dean C. N. Shepardson, School of Agriculture. “Students should not be con tent just to do a good job, but should strive always to do their best job,” Shepardson said. The Faculty Awards for Achieve ment went to Gene E. Steed, Wil liam M. Huffman and Shelton G. Black. Danforth Fellowships The Danforth Summer Fellow ships went to Roger Q. Landers, a junior, and Jim L. Renick, a fresh man. The Alpha Zeta Freshman Scholarship Award was given to Donald J. Dierschke. The Wall Street Journal Stu dent Achievement Award was pre sented to William S. Thornton. Kei’t Goode, Thomas Payne, Wil fred Poizer, and Leonard Thornton won the Cotton Tour Award. The Brewer Award was presented to Richard Miller. Leonazd Eddy and Wilburn Lewis of the Entomology Depart ment was presented the Freeport Sulphur Co. Scholarship. Wolfe Scholarship Leonard Stoltz of the Floricul ture and Landscape Architecture Department won the Tom J. Wolfe Scholarship. Ed Cooper and Charles Gray of the Wildlife Management Depart ment won the Fish & Game Club Award. Many other awards were pre sented to approximately 107 ag riculture students. The program began with the in vocation by Oliver C. (Putter) Jarvis, corps chaplain. Dean Shep ardson spoke on the significance of Awards and Merits Day, followed by a musical interlude. Following this was the presentation of the awards. The benediction given by Jarvis concluded the program. Degrees To Number 865 This Semester There are 865 candidates for de grees this year, said H. L. Heaton, Registrar. Eight hundred and thirty were granted in 1952. Commencemeht activities for the class of ’53 will begin with Bac calaureate sermons at 9:50 a. m. May 29. Two sermons will be given to accommodate the families and friends of graduates and to avoid limiting attendance. Di\ Carlyle Marney, pastor, First Baptist Church, Austin, will give the sermon for engineering, veteri nary medicine and all advanced de gree candidates in Guion Hall. Rev. John Donaho, pastor, First Methodist Church, Corpus Christi, will give the sermon for agricul ture and arts and sciences degi'ee candidates in Sbisa Hall. Memorial Unveiled The Spanish - American War Memorial will be unveiled at 11:15 a. m. Spence Park, west of the new dormitory area. John White of Dallas will be the speaker. Commissions will be presented at 1 p. m. in Guion Hall. Brig Gen. M. K. Deichelmann will be the speaker. The commissions will be presented by Brig. Gen. Numa A. Watson. The commencement exercises will begin at 6:30 p. m. in Kyle Field. The speaker will be Dr. M. E. Sadler, president of TCU. In case of rain, the commencement exercises will be held in Guion and Sbisa Halls under the same ar rangements as for the Baccalaure ate services. President’s Reception The president’s reception for 19- 53 graduates, their relatives and friends, faculty staff members and their wives will be held from 2:30- 4:30 p. m. in the home of President and Mrs. M. T. Harrington. Candidates for Ph. D degrees will wear caps and gowns. Those students who are candidates for master degrees, and non-military candidates for bachelor degrees should wear civilian dress includ ing coat and tie. Baccalaureatp candidates in the corps should wear uniform number one. Space will be provided in DeWare Field House for donning robes. The Final Ball will be held at 9:30 p. m. in The Grove. In case of rain, it will be held in the MSC. Required to Attend According to information issued by the college, all candidates for degrees are required to attend the Baccalaureate and Commencement services unless officially excused by the Executive Committee. At tendance will be checked. All bills must be paid at the Fiscal Office by 5 p. m. May 28. A memorandum listing students cleared for graduation will be placed on the bulletin board in the Registrars Office May 28-29. The Commencement Committee requests that all who attend Com mencement remain throughout the service as a courtesy to the grad uating class. 114 YEARS AT A&M—Three men in the English depart ment of A&M have served a total of 114 years with the staff. They are (1. to r.) D. B. Gofer, who joined the college 43 years ago, and was acting head of the department in 1921-22; Prof. P. G. Gunter, who be came a member of the faculty 42 years ago; and a comparative newcomer, P. C. Key, associate professor with 29 years as a staff member. The men have been closely associated during the whole time of their service with the school. Gofer also is College Archivist. More Than 10,000 Visit Here Open House Day More than 10,000 visitors were on the campus this weekend for Open House Day and Parent’s Day. Exhibits and displays by the various schools, an all-college dance and a corps review high lighted the activities. Both the Schools of Engineering and the Arts and Sciences held their convocations in Guion Hall.