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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
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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.