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70: Volume 5U
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1953
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents
od Con tri b u tors
ll Exceed 1,000
Latest Drive
ige, ferocioc:
small colle;f,
:d students >
:i from dari
he Dean it ve contributions from
tion this year will ex-
1, and semi 5 . ints ’ aocordinff to Lee
in-man.
2-pound Fret, starting Tuesday and
through today, are be
lie Dean at " Sk J ‘ sa Mess Hall from
' mugh 5 p. m.
I.iereh t 0 £ 250 pints each day
i’t mind bee;-exceeded, Phillips said.
lisr n v an ]] ionatwns reached 27(1
looked swel , 01 r
_. ors under 21 years of
r'b for this jbtain written permis-
askedth deir parents or guardi-
continued( s not normally sched-
blood may do so today,
i behind a j
rin ? adKSS ,ast of Three
ed ; ! : V ct " 16 last of three Blood-
-lookintf, it.. es f or ^] le y ear . Pre
ready fort. ations were in Decem-
14 pints of blood were
, , /larch, 240 pints; and
■lit arm 1
inside out!"
over 500 pints are expected dur ing
this final drive.
The blood is sent to Fort Worth
where it will be processed for
Army use only, Phillips said.
Student volunteer workers in
clude five pre-med students who
take contributors’ temperatures
and work in various capacities in
the donor room. They are Edward
Goodwin, Dallas; Tom Connolly,
Lockhart; Jedd Green, Galveston
and WiIlian Ruez, Baytown.
The Rotary Club of Bryan and
College Station furnishes coffee,
fruit juice and cookies.
The Bloodmobile received 230
pints of blood in Bryan Monday.
Donations will be taken Thurs
day and Friday at Bryan Air Force
Base. The goal there is 500 pints.
The next drive will be Decem
ber 7 thr-ough 11, 1953. The goal
then will be 1000 pints of blood,
Phillips said.
juent Boys
Cum Laud*.’
nith Tells Story
£<irff Hoys’ Ranch
Harri Baker
ilion Ci(y Editor
S ?
n mis Club bear'd Tuos-
rry of America’s first
h from Earl Smith, a
f the ranch for de
ciding Civs.
L senior at A&M, was
>()d (juakrom the Ranch in 1948.
hat Ppm today to the
i,” Smith said,
h, located 40 miles from
o low ir“ k . es b “y s py e
'ted arrd sentenced to
iformatory.
idred boys live there
; graduated more than
y 31% hf
■h has an accredited 12
;chool, vocational train-
mplete recreational fa-
er died before Smith
His mother died when
ht-years old, leaving
by hirpself. , - ,
t I was being mature
my own way, but I
;is pr-etty wild,” Smith
'ized a gang and started
i racket, threatening to
er boys in the neighbor-
y didn’t pay.
ang and a rival gang
jowling alley. When the
ver, the bowling alley
etely demolished and
were in court,
leader, was the only
boy convicted. He was sentenced to
three years in reform school.
Cal Farley, the founder of Boys’
Ranch, asked Smith if he wanted
to come to the ranch.
“I didn’t know anything about
the Ranch, but I sure didn’t want
to go to reform school—so I went
(See SMITH, Page 4)
Group Formed to Draft
Customs and Pri vileges
Some Air Force
Gratis May Get
Overseas Duty
Anaconda Ross
Lovingly Known As ‘Lizard’
A&M s NEXT PRESIDENT —V
MongKong Warden
May Be President
Miss Anaconda Ross, famous ex
director of the bloody Hong Kong
Women’s Reformatory, may be the
first female president of A&M.
The prominent women prison ad
ministrator said she would do
everything in her power to keep
A&M from going coed if she was
appointed to the job.
She believes Aggies don’t know
what women are really like and
should remain happy in their igno-
Batt Celebrates 7 5th
Anniversary Friday
The Battalion will celebrate Fri
day night its 75th anniversary at
the annual Press Club Banquet and
Dance in the MSC.
Climaxing , 75 . years of con
tinuous publication since 18^.8, The
Battalion will be presented with a
copy of the resolution passed by
the A&M System Board of Direc
tors commending the paper for its
sei - vice to the college. Chancellor
Gibb Gilchrist will present the re
solution on behalf of tbe board.
The Battalipn also will receive
the third prize award of $100 given
by the Lumbermen’s Mutual In
surance Co. for competition in the
college daily field for promotion
of highway safety.
The banquet is the annual awards
meeting of the Press Club, which
includes staff members of The Bat-
0 Give
ty
ert Huffman Named
edictorian for 1953
jp |l. Huffman was named
m of the 1953 graduat-
SIZ6 , . .oday by Dr. M. T. Har-
'esident of the college,
fl extTMstry major from Breck-
md (br,m uffmai1 has the highest
Lnarorj^t ratio of any student
•field isi uat * n S class, said Har-
fhe gpr. was not given.
C buy, i is a cadet major on
division staff. He has
anguished student every
j i Once he entered A&M as
vCpOli k j n the fall of 1949.
AboU^ embei ' the American
Society, Aggie Debate
II over 2 Ussion Club and the
. istland County Club.
- lalist I)2h belongs to Phi Eta
r Phi Kappa Phi, honor-
of Cheskstic societies.
regulr rts ant * Sciences awards
WO mod 9 T\ TD
_^irsDayTops
w, /^Reserve List
smkf'ons for next year’s
Vhe MSC are comming in
in they have any pre-
said Mrs. Mozelle Hol-
||||mjflt room manager.
ilBilan 300 reservations have
I ®™|lfved for the <iC> rooms
■be available in the Cen-
It
'■P 191V Ilf!
Lorite weekend for visit-
dand is Mothers’ Day,
Thanksgiving football
vnd.
and merits convocation’ Saturday he
received the General Education
Board Scholarships award, Faculty
Achievement Award to graduating
seniors, Nuodex award and first
prize for the Houston Paint and
Varnish Production Club award.
Huffman is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Adra Huffman, 1102 East
Elm Street, Breckenridge.
talion, Aggieland ’53, The South
western Veterinarian, Agricul
turist, The Engineer and The
Commentator.
Gold keys will be awards to staff
members with three years sefvicb,
silver keys to second-year men,
and bronze keys to first-year Staf
fers.
Editors of the publications will
be given special awards, presented
by Dr. M. T. Harrington, president
of the college.
Arrangements for a speaker are
still incomplete.
Invocation at the banquet will be
given by O. C. (Putter) ‘Jarvis,
Corps Chaplain and editor of The
Agriculturist.
A vocal solo will be given by
Lamar McNew. He will be accom
panied on the piano by Miss Betty
Bolander.
A movie entitled “The Keystone
Idea,” will be shown following the
banquet.
A dance will be held in the MSC
Ball Room following the banquet.
A special combo will play for the
dance.
Members of the staffs of all
publications, their dates or wives
and several college staff members
will be guests of the Press Club at
the banquet and dance.
Joel Austin, co-editor of The
Battalion and chairman of the
Press Club executive committee,
will be master of ceremonies.
ranee. Miss Ross said she would
be aginst anything at A&M that
would take the place of a “good
strong handshake.”
Known affectionately by her in
mates as “Lizard,” Miss Ross has
directed women’s prisons in 23 Far
Eastern countries. Throughout her
career she has strived to add many
reforms, such as sleep, food and
exercise, to the institutions under
her command.
Born in Madagascar at the tum
of the century, Miss Ross develop
ed a fascination for prisons while
helping her father smuggle Afri
can pygmies into Europe.
Starting her college career at
SMU, sji.e was. expelled during her
sophomore year for executing
three sorority pledges during an
initiation. She then entered the
University of Java where she re
ceived a degree in penal engineer
ing.
After retiring last month with 15
years service at the HongKong
Prison, Miss Ross received the
Devils Island Award for .meritor-
ious wrok in prison maladministra
tion. and a $2,000 scholarship to
continue her studies.
Although she is over 50 years
old, Miss Ross says the secret to
her youthful appearance lies in her
frequent workouts in the Alcatraz
machine gun tower. She now can
down 50 prisoners with one quick
burst.
During her brilliant career, she
has written several books on pen
ology which received acclaim in
solitary cells throughout the world.
Her novel, “The Shock of a Life
time,” has been praised by exe-
cutioners and electric chair manu
facturers alike. Her spirited bio
graphy, “Chills up My Spine,”
which deals with the life of a
Mongolian dope addict, has been
banned in this area.
Overseas assignments will
be given to approximately
1,100 May - June AFROTC
graduates, according to the
national Headquarters AFRO
TC and Headquarters USAF.
The initial overseas locations
will be assigned from July through
September.
The major overseas commands
of assignments and the approxi
mate number of graduates to be
assigned to each command are
Far East Air Force, 566; USAF in
Europe, 380; Alaskan Air Force,
74; Military Air Transport Service
Pacific Division, 54; and Military
Air Transport Service Atlantic
Division, 37.
Processing for overseas ship
ment will include physical ex
amination, active duty indocrina-
tion, overseas orientation on the
area to which they are to be as
signed and a careful recheck of the
officer’s classification.
Overseas assignments will be
filed against established require
ments from the various overseas
command and volunteer or non
volunteer status of the individual
will have no effect.
♦ Next year’s class officers have joined four members of the
Class of ’53 to compile a book which will outline the customs
and privileges of A&M’s Cadet Corps as well as punishments
for violations.
The committee is headed by Joe Mattei, president of the
Class of ’53, and Pat Wood, president of the Class of ’54. The
committee was formed two weeks ago.
“When the work is completed, the results will be similar to
the Cadence. The difference is that this new book will be an
official publication of the college if things work out as we
have planned,” Mattei said.
One of the principal aims of the committee is to give in-
1 ♦coming students an idea of what
Gallant Aggie
Takes Train
Minus Ducat
Aggies often have a haid
time departing from their
girls after an exciting week
end at Aggieland, but Jon
Kinslow of Dallas just couldn’t
take it.
He boarded the 6:10 train
Sunday night to carry his
date’s suitcase for her.
The gallant Kinslow sudden
ly discovered that the train
was moving. He gazed out the
window astonished wfth the
speed at which things were
flying by.
Kinslow confronted the con
ductor. The train was late.
No stops.
The luckless Aggie finally
got off at Hearne, where he
hitch-hiked back. What an
Aggie won’t do for a few
extra minutes with his girl!
Five Aggies Plan
Sportsmanship Trip
Balloting for next year’s South
west Conference Sportsmanship
award will be discussed at TCU in
Fort Worth this weekend by mem
bers of the SWC Sportsmanship
committee.
The sportsmanship committee is
responsible for arranging trips be
tween school representatives s be
fore athletic games to promote
Marker Chosen
For \ r >3 Class Gift
The class of ’53 voted yes
terday to erect a marker at
the North Gate as their class
gift.
Bob Andrews, chairman of
the gift committee, reported
254 votes cast for the North
gate marker an 75 cast for
the gift to the all-faith chapel
planned by the Former Stu
dents Association.
Members of the vote count
ing committee were Joe Mattei
Keith Slocumbe, Bob Hutchi
son and Bill Chamlee.
sportsmanship in athletic com
petition.
The members representing A&M
are Harri Baker, sophomore journ
alism major and committee secre
tary; Frank N. Manitzas, co-editor
of The Battalion; Ed Holder, co-
editor-elect of The Battalion; Vol
M. Montgomery, yell leader; and
a Student Senate representative.
Each school in the Southwest
Conference is represented in the
committee by four persons. They
are a member of the student gov
ernment, cheer leader, athletic re
presentative and school newspaper
editor.
The sportsmanship committee
was originated at A&M seven
years ago by Jimmy Nelson, co
editor of The Battalion.
The trophy was bought from The
Battalion’s funds, and is given to
the school body whose alumni and
athletes show the best sportsman
ship in intercollegiate competition.
Presentation of the trophy is made
at the New Year’s Day Cotton
Bowl game. Rice Institute now
holds the award.
For Active Duty
Army Seniors Pick Dates
By JON KINSLOW
Battalion News Staff
Some Army seniors want to en
ter active duty soon so they will
get out soon, but others want a
delay so they can work before en
tering the service.
These were the opinions of 10
Army seniors interviewed yester
day.
“I just want to get in and get
it over with,” said Gene W. Sparks
FOR THIRD TIME—Cadet Capt. Charles R. Little of Dal
las, accepts the flag symbolizing possession of the General
George F. Moore Award. Little is commander of Squadron
10 (formerly H Squadron) which has won the coveted flag
and white cords for three consecutive years.
Saddle, Sirloin
Display Wins
The Parents Day exhibit of the
Saddle and Sirloin Club won the
Agricultural Council contest for
the outstanding exhibit in the
School of Agriculture, announced
Tom Milligan, president of the
council.
The Saddle and Sirloin Club will
receive an engraved plaque which
is passed on from year to year.
The exhibit was chosen by a
committee of professors from the
School of Agriculture and by three
students from the Council, on the
basis of originality, student par
ticipation, uniqueness and overall
impressivness, said Milligan.
from San Antonio.
A big reason for putting off
active duty for a year was shared
by two seniors, Joe Mattei and
Joe Wallace from San Antonio.
They plan to work for Humble Oil
Co. until June, 1954. After com
pleting their tour of duty, the com
pany will pay the difference be
tween their Army pay and i'e-
gular company pay.
Which Is Best
“After working and then going
into the Army, I will also know
which I like best,” Mattei added.
D. L. Bull from San Benito
wants to work awhile and buy a
car. He also plans to get married
before serving in the Army.
Another senior who wants to
wait until 1954 is J. E. Holloway
from Port Arthur. He says this
will assure him of a job when he
gets out. “I want to get my job
training and then go in,” he said.
“I want to get settled and, you
never can tell, I might even get
married,” was E. L. Goetz’ reason
for chossing June, 1954.
One senior who had no definite
job yet was A. R. Black from
Wichita Falls. This is why he
picked July, 1953.
“I want to work a little on my
own and see how it feels,” says
Harold Hudspeth from Atlanta.
He chose January, 1954.
A different reason for waiting
until June ,1954, was given by C.
L. Smith from San Antonio. He
wants to start law school.
to expect before they enroll. The
group hopes the book will be sent
to all students prior to registration.
It also will be an aid and guide to
unit commander Mattei said the
committee is not trying to take
any authority away from the com
manders, but this book will be a
reference for them.
Privileges and customs for both
basic division students and upper
classmen will be outlined in the
book.
“Many details have not been
worked out yet, but I feel we have
made a great deal of progress,”
said Mattei.
Some of the details which have
caused the most trouble are punish
ments for violations and the speci
fic duties and privileges of first
year men.
Concerning freshmen, Mattei
said, the book will be ready next
fall and that it will be presented to
the class of ’54 at the first of the
year.
“I believe this publication could
do a lot to prevent dissension
among units, since everyone will
operate under the same corps rules
and regulations. Men in all out
fits will receive the same punish
ment for similar offenses,” Mattei
said.
Members of the committee said
the most important thing about the
book is it will be an official publi
cation.- They plan to have mimeo
graphed copies ready next fall.
Company commanders and first
sergeants will be contacted on all
disputable points, Mattei said.
Chairmen on the committee foi’
the freshman area are C. R. (Bub-
ba) Blank and Don Buckner. Mem
bers of this committee are Gil
Stribling, Bill Rowland, Marvin
Ford and Ed Stern.
Sam Harper is chairman for the
new area committee. Members of
his group are Marcus Williams,
Chuck Fenner and John Matush.
Start Uniform
Turn-in May 11
Beginning- Monday, May 11,
cadets may turn in their uni
form at the armory.
In order to avoid the last
minute rush, cadets should
turn in their uniforms as soon as
possible, said Col. Joe E. Davis,
commandant.
Uniforms will be accepted as late
as five days before the close of
school without charge. Howevei',
cadets will be required to wear
uniforms until the end of school.
May 30, he said.
Students turning in clothing
later than the deadline will be
charged up to 10% of the total
value of the clothing for the addi
tional billing and handling, but
it will not be less than one dollar.
Following the 15th day of the
close of school, no clothing will be
accepted because the Army and
Air Force inventories must be in
by that time. The full value of the
clothing then will be charged,
said Col. Davis.
FSA Executives Elect
of'wor"do™ !:“o“ U ac! Officers Here May 23-24
tive duty,” said G. M. O’Kane from
El Paso. “Then I can take advant
age of any Army training.” O’Kane
chose June, 1954.
Polls Open Today
In Front of MSC
College Election Polls in the
MSC will be open from 8 a. m. un
til 5 p. m. today.
Freshman, sophomore and jun
ior classes will elect five members
to serve on the 1953-54 Student
Election Commission.
At the first meeting of the Stu
dent Senate in the fall semester,
five members of that group will
be selected to serve on the com
mission. This 20 man group will
make up the commission for the
year.
The Executive Board of the As
sociation of Former Students will
elect 21 officers at the annual
meeting of the Association May
23-24 in the MSC.
Marion S. Church ’05 of Dallas,
who was instrumental in founding
the present operation of the Form
er Students Association, will
speak, according to Dick Hervey,
executive secretary of the Former
Students.
Only routine business is on the
agenda, Hervey said.
Weather Today
WEATHER TODAY: Occasional
light rain showers with winds out
of the north. The maximum tem
perature is expected to be in the
low 70’s. The rainfall recorded
by the CAA at the Easterwood
airport yesterday was 3.16 inches.