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71: Volume 53
The Battalion
PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1953
Published By
A&M Students
For 75 Years
Price Five Cents
?et ' y ™ k eti on( ssion
’ ... wher t
rls congr,;. yt T e
)spn Y esterday;
24- Cast Ballots
U EVERY
j[i nee ')ambers of the election
“for next year were
clgs Adllli; r( ^ a y■"' 1 th a total of
! being cast by three
— '' s st number of ballots
the Class of ’54. I’bey
s~\ otes, the Class of ’55
r / and the Class of ’5(1
* the Class of ’54 to
He Ave.^yior representatives on
sion next year were
^er, Pete Wright, 1>. 1’.
ster S. Smith and M.
of ’55 elected Thur-
■H tephnson, Joe E. King,
■ email, Jerry K. John-
H M O. |sbell.
■■fl in the Class of ’5f>
■ III e Buddy I). Patterson,
C Whitney, Jerry E.
■ Hpioa L. Williams, Ruf-
e and J. D. Bishop.
Fallotimt i-esults are as
of Waco
Wrecked
Tornado
rt of Waco’s down
ness district lies in
leveled by the ter-
ructivenss of Mon-
tado. Twenty - five
the buildings in a four
^ area were declared un-
Army Corps of Engi-
§H ige has been figured at
(ty - fiye million dollars
talph Wolf.
the casualties occurred
is Building, a five story
ore; Torrence’s Recrea-
e Joy Theatre, Chris’s
e Padgitt Building.
just beginning last
the removal of debris
Square and South Se-
jt, where many more
feared buried. The Gem
3 about to be entered
on the possibility that
be inside. The Mecca
was also being un-
>er Bottling Works, ad-
he railroad tracks, was
maged. The First Na-
:, across the sti - eet from
3 Building was made
of rescure operations,
ar tractors and cranes
he rescue work pulling
s off of the wreckage,
■ery building on both
tstin Avenue from Fifith
he Square were heavily
nany of them demolish-
AUCII
Ml
'the sides a:
rubble still cover dozens
r-r, /. n the down town area.
1 1 J.'’■‘'expected to give up still
your future ^
igle, a citizt
Yw/E Recital
jer Cpj.jpe
trld’sbestr^Aj ItzO
llight cloth
omorrow
me Stokes, pianist, will
!, you'll whe last program of this
l a year as2 C recifcal series at 8 p. m.
•nturous e.f the ,4 ssembly Room -
’ . teaching fellow at the
II, lOUlIV 0 f Texas, Miss Stokes
MAN..>tly awarded a Fullbright
er, as a Rai study next year at the
demy of Music in Vienna,
e sister of F. F. Stokes,
.nglish department.
okes made a remarkable
I n when she appeared
/larch as an accompanist,
to Director lyne Stark, MSC director.
Ifuninre* PWram will be an
> ethoven sonata; Ravel’s
id Tactics. : a Schumann arabesque;
ee Maries” by the Brazil-
joser Villa-Lobos; and a
^ ^ano sonata.
cital series is sponsored
■ers of the college staff,
(unity and the MSC Music
:e. It is financed by vol-
ontributions, with most
t TT ors giving five dollars,
• * ■ id. Admission to the pro-
free.
w i s h in g contribute
IvW checks payable to MSC
n care of the MSC, Stark
Veelts
Raymond E. McBride 129
Charles J. Hlavinka 119
Pete Wright 135
il. P. Panti!so 201
Ernest W. Williams 95’
Alan E. Soefje 82
I. ester S. Smith 144
E. K. Kilgore 131
J. Berk SoRelle 97
Class of ’55
Thurman it. .Johnson 140
Dave Dane 95
.Joe K. King 147
James E. Caffey 112
Hi!ly G. Coleman 128
Frank Farlow 97
Jerry K. Johnson 147
Hack O. Isbell 100
Class of ’56
noddy D. Patterson 49
Herbert \V. Whitney 39
Jerry I.. Johnson .54
Marion L. Williams 38
Knfus W. Moore 50
Robert W. Ilollcroft 32
Jan David Broderic 21
J. I). Kishop . 44
Bali Plans
Special 75th
Year Section
Tomorrows’ Battalion will
have a special section com
memorating the paper’s 75th
year of publication.
Stories in the special section
are dedicated to short sketches
of Battalion personal and
stories on highlights of the
paper’s 75 years at A&M.
Two front page stories will
give leaders a look at Roland
E. Bing, manager of student
publications and next year’s
Co-Editors Ed M. Holder and
Jerry Bennett.
A list of awards won by The
Battalion also will be on the
front page.
Fish Blotto and The Tumlin-
son Boy, former comic strip
and cartoon in The Battalion,
come back to life for this
edition.
1 devastated Waco
Receives More Aid
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion News Editor
WACO, May 13—Not only the
people of Texas, but those in the
entire United States are pouring
money, blood plasma, clothing and
food into the tornado-devastated
Waco area.
Six hours after an appeal for
aid to Waco and San Angelo yes
terday. The Dallas Morning News
had collected $19,000. Managing
Editor Felix McKnight expects the
toll to rise to $50,000 by tomorrow.
A radio station in Kansas City
pledged $10,000 for the crippled
Central Texas city. The station
had collected nearly $3,000 up to
last night.
Clearing Negro Section
Work had bai-ely begun yester
day on clearing the Negro and Lat
in American sections of East Waco
which were hit hard by the torna
do, which seemed to rise over some
parts of its path as it crossed the
city.
The east side, although not fig
ured prominently in damage stor
ies thus far, may yield an addition
al 50 or 100 bodies.
The central downtown section of
Waco was hit worst bytthe twister
which struck late Monday after
noon. Whole roofs of large build
ings were lifted and dropped to
the ground.
Although this reporter could not
discover their names, some Aggies
have been helping with the Waco
cleanup and aid operations.
A church steeple toppled onto
parked cars near the railroad pass
ing through the town from east to
west.
91 Cars Ruined
Reporters for a Waco radio sta
tion said 91 cars were totally de
molished in the downtown area
alone. Countless autos still lay
buried beneath mountains of
wreckage Wednesday night.
Civilian policemen directed traf
fic in lieu of traffic lights which
were out all over the city as a re
sult of downed power lines.
The civilian, Air Force and Army
volunteers working on the smashed
buildings were handicapped by a
steady downpour and 50 degree
weather. The Red Cross, provid
ing shelter, clothing and meals for
the homeless, broadcast requests
for equipment and clothing for res
cue and cleanup workers all day
yesterday.
Assistance Comes
Assistance continued yesterday
to come to the city from every
corner of the state. The Tarrant
County Red Cross had a unit of
nurses aides operating in the rav
aged zones. The Salvation Army
also dispatched units to the scene
(See WACO AID, Page-4)
Muster Rebroadcast
On Overseas Radio
The Aggie Muster cei’emonies
were re-broadcast over the Armed
Services short-wave radio system
to both the Europen and Pacific
Commands.
This means that almost all men
serving outside the continental
limits of the U. S. had a chance to
hear the Muster. This is the first
time Armed Services Radio has
carried the Muster.
t: ■■ ■ '
Junior Campused by Court;
For Excess Demerits. Hours
Cartoon by Bob Hendry
James (Punk) Fredman
“I T’inks Pm Qualified.”
A&M NEXT PRESIDENT- VI
Ex-Thug Claims
Best Qualified
James (Puuk) Fredman, widely
publicized man-about-town, said
today, “Although I ain’t ever got
no degree from nowhere, I t’inks
I have every qualification for
President of A&M College.”
Affectionately called “punk” by
his friends, Fredman claims to be
a master of pool, under-handed
poker, guzzling beer and cursing.
He received his training from, in
his opinion, the two top educators
in the nation’s history—Al Capone
and Lucky Luciano.
After completing his training,
EXCITING DANCE BAND
Billy May to
On Seniors’
Play
Day
By BOB PALMER
Battalion News Staff
of the Decade”, the Billy May
orchestra, will provide the high
light of the senior festivities this
weekend.
Considered as one of the top
flight dance bands of the yeai%
Billy May and his orchestra will
MAY SINGERS—Smiling - cheerfully are the Encores, feat
ured quintet with the Billy May orchestra. The four men
and a blonde will add lyrics to the “different” arrange
ments of the popular band leader at the Senior Ring dance
Saturday.
display their fresh approach in
music at the Senior Ring Dance in
‘The Most Exciting Dance Band The Grove Saturday night.
Adding lyrics to some of the
freshest musical ai'rangement in
recent years will be Carole Sim
pson, Peggy Barret and the latest
additions to the band, the “En-
coi’es”.
Known for Style
May’s orchesti'a which has sky
rocketed to fame almost overnight
has become known for its introduc
tion of a completely new style of
popular music, free of “gimmicks”
and saturation of vocalists.
Setting its goal toward the
musical prominence equal to that
of 1939 and 1940, May has been
successful in creating unusual ar
rangements, a clean and fresh ap
proach to popular dance music and
a firm-secure-beat that delights
dancers.
A former member of Glenn Mil
ler’s Charlie Barrett’s bands, May
first established himself as a
musical arranger for such radio
shows as Bob Crosby, Kraft Music
Hall and the Red Skelton Show.
During this time his trumpet was
heard on various occasions, but
eventually he set it aside to do
full time arranging for musical
backgrounds.
Arrangements Sussessful
Mays arrangement of “All of
Me” and “My Silent Love,” writ
ten for the Arthur Murray dance
album, was an immediate success
and quickly achieved acclaim
among music cj-itics and dance
lovers throughout the nation.
The success of these arrange
ments led to the ci’eation of a new
orchestra and the introduction of
a new style of music. The Billy
May orchestra received such a
ti’emendous response from its re
cordings that May was pi’ompted
into cross-country dance dates in
less time than any other orchestra.
Fredman started a school of his
own on the south side of Chicago,
but was later intei'rupted and forc
ed to take a short vacation of 30
years.
During his vacation, Fj-edman
learned to do things with military
proficiency. Fredman said the first
change he would make at A&M
would be to put the corps of cadets
into one uniform. He is partial to
black and white color’s.
At the end of his vacation, Fred
man said that he was determined to
turn over a new leaf. However,
counterfieting at that time proved
to be unprofitable so he entei’ed a
different field. While taking his
second vacation, he wrote two
books against vocational fields
previously entered by Luciano.
Fi’edman claims the best thing
about A&M is the class privilege
system. However, he said where he
was, officials had all the privil
eges. When asked his opinion of
the “board”, he replied he was all
for it but never expected it to
compete with the effectiveness of
his beloved “Bessie,” his sap (a
black jack).
Fredam states that if he is presi-
(See PRESIDENT, Page 4)
McCuistion, Court Differ
On Article Interpretation
H. D. McCuistion, Squadron 14 junior, was campused last
night until next Christmas by the Senior Court for having
excess demerits.
The court was uncertain in reaching its decision because
of another indefinite article in the Articles of the Cadet Corps
under whch the cadet was tried.
McCuistion was campused for having 24 demerits and
16 hours on his record although he had signed in on weekends
for all but six of the hours.
Article 505 of the Articles of the Cadet Corps states a
junior may receive 20 demerits before he must serve duty
hours and 39 demerits before going to Senior Court.
Article 506, which is headed “Extra Duty in Lieu of
Demerits” states “Extra duty may be awarded in lieu of de-
♦merits at the rate of one (1) extra
. # U-y duty tour per two (2) demerits by
Active Duty
("all for Army
Not Yet Ready
Active duty orders for
Army ROTC cadets have not
been issued by Fourth Army
headquarters, said Col. Shelly
P. Myers, PMS&T. Myers re
turned yesterday from a two-day
meeting at the headquartei’s in
San Antonio.
Col. Myers said quotas from ser
vice schools had not been j’eceived
at the headquarters yet, but should
be there in time for active .duty
assignments to be out next week.
He said actual presentation of
oi’ders to commission candidates
will not be made until they are
commissioned, but he will notify
them when and where they are to
go as soon as he knows.
Quartermaster* Corps and Tran-
sportation Corps cadets not al-
j’eady detailed to another arm or
service will probably remain in
their branch, Col. Myers indica
ted.
“As far as I can tell, there will
be no additional men detailed from
these branches,” he said.
those personnel authorized to
award demerits under these Artic
les.”
Juniors and seniors serve duty
hours by signing in once every
hour on Saturdays from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. Freshmen and sophomores
must walk duty tours to eliminate
hours.
•
BULLETIN
Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, as
sistant commandant, said this
morning that Charles Bragassa,
commander o f Squadron 1 4,
asked that four demerits j-ecent-
ly awarded H. D. McCuistion be
withdrawn. Wilkins said the ca
det had been given demerits
when he had not known of the
offense he had committed.
Wilkins said he did not know
what would be done yet. How
ever, if the demerits are allowed
to be dropped, Wilkins said, the
order placing McCuistion before
Senior Court will be withdrawn.
•
The Court said the report sent to
them from the Commandant’s Of
fice stated McCuistion has excess
demerits placing him over the 39
limit.
Tjie Court believes if demerits
can be changed into hours under
Article 506, then horn's can b©
changed into demerits under the
(See SENIOR, Page 4)
Thunderstorms, Rain
Forecast Again Here
Heavy occasional thunderstorms
and fain are forecast again today
in the College Station area, the
CAA Weather Bureau at Easter-
wood Airport said this morning.
There will be little change in
temperature through the day al
though it is expected to warm up
during the night, the bureau said.
The temperature this morning was
55 degrees, the minimum for the
last 24 hours. The highest temper-
atui’e was 65 degrees.
Only .09 inches of rain fell dur-
Student Chapter AVMA
Gives Achievement Awards
Achievement Awards in the
School of Veterinai’y Medicine
were presented Tuesday by Stu
dent Chapter of the American Vet
erinary Medicine Association (A-
VMA).
J. G. Goodman, editor presented
the Southwestern Veteidnarian
Faculty Award to Dr. W. C. Banks
for his contributions to the stu
dent magazine this past yeai*.
Three bound volumes of the
Southwestern Veterinarian, were
Four Piece Combo
To End Rue Pinalle
A four piece student combo will
play for this season’s last Rue
Pinalle Friday night in the MSC.
The combo is composed of Ernie
Herres, clarinet; Roddy Peeples,
accoidian; Doug Krueger, base;
and Bill Aid, steel guitai*.
John (Dukie) Childs will emcee
what he says will be the “best
floor show of the season.”
Bob Boone, baritone director of
music at A&M Consolidated will
open the show with several songs.
Sammye Walkei*, gii’l vocalist
from Lon Morris Junior College
will sing some classical numbers.
The last performance will have
three additional performei*s which
have not been named.
Reservations and tickets may be
obtained at the MSC Bowling Al
ley desk. The price will be 60 cents
per person.
presented to Goodman by Bill
Ponder, repi’esenting the staff of
the Student Chapter AVMA. The
gift was in appreciation of Good
man’s “outstanding services as
editor of the Southwestern Veteri
narian.”
Dr. W. C. Banks pi'esented a
radiological film viewer to E. W.
Crow, winner of the Radiology
Contest.
J. E. Allison was given a watch
for winning the Fort Dodge Vet-
erinary Scientific Writing Award.
Dr. J. P. Jaggi pi-esented the
AVMA Student Auxiliary Award
for the student who is most out
standing in the promotion of Vet-
erinary School activities at A&M
Goodman also received this award.
The Faculty Awards of Merit to
outstanding students of each class
were pi'esented to Eula Phillips,
senior; E. D. Besch, junior; E. L.
Tieken, sophomore; and B. W.
Cline, freshman.
The $100 Associated Serum
Producer’s Award was presented
to Goodman.
Honoi'able mention was given to
F. N. Koenig, winner of the Bor
den Award, and E. D. Besch, win
ner of the Krueger Awai'd both
awards were pi’esented earlier this
yeai-.
Students who were placed on the
“Who’s Who in American Universi
ties and Colleges” were also men
tioned. They wei-e W. L. Ander
son, E. W. Biucks, K. J. Davis, H.
I. Jenkins and Goodman.
ing last night as of 6:30 a.m. this
morning, the bureau said. A total
of 3.16 inches of rain has fallen
since Monday.
The only sign of j’elief for the
mild cold spell, the bureau said, is
the high warm front moving north.
The Associated Press reported
that widespread cloudiness covered
much of the nation’s easteiu half
today, bringing considerable rain.
Showers were general in the low
er Mississippi Valley and in much
of the East Coast region. Rain
clouds moving inland from the Pa-
ciffc doused parts of the Northern
Rockies.
Showers weer felt most acutely
in the tornado-smashed cities of
Waco and San Angelo, where 111
persons died in Monday’s twisters.
Waco’s storm-weary residents
were beset by the flooding Brazos
Rivei'. Rainfall was locally mod
erate in Texas. Fort WoWfth re
ported .44 inches in a six-hour
period, but it was enough to keep
the streams chocked. Lake Charles,
La. reported a 24-hour rainfall of
2.07 inches.
Firebaugh Wins
Paper Contest
J. M. Firebaugh, junior aero
nautical engineering student from
Palestine, won third piize of $100
in the First Annual Student Paper
Competition. The contest was held
last week in Foit Worth by the
Texas Section of the Institute of
the Aeionautical Sciences.
His papei’, “The Nature of
Superaerodynamics,” won the local
paper contest held by the A&M
student branch of the IAS and
thus became eligible for the Texas
Section Competition in Foi’t Worth.
The essay dealt with the
aeodynamics of the rarified atmos-
phei'e 100-200 miles above the
eai’th’s surface.
Firebaugh was the only junior
in the contest; all other contest
ants wei’e seniors or graduate stu
dents from ten other colleges and
universities.