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PUBLISHED DAILY IX THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE
Number 73: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1953
Price Five Cents
SJLC Gives $600 to RVs
Controversial Decision
SWCSC Sets Week
For Sportsmanship
Cartoon by Bou iienury
Boris (Rocks) Tulip
Steam Tunnels and a Kyle Field Nude
A&M’s NEXT PRESIDENT - VIII
Tulip Considered
ForPrexy Pos i lion
The Southwest Conference Sport
smanship Committee has designat
ed the week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 3
next year as a conference-wide
Sportsmanship Week.
The purpose of the week is to
make students and fans more con
scious of sportsmanship and the
work of the Sportsmanship Com
mittee.
Saturday, Oct. 3, will be Sport
smanship Day, with special cere
monies at the games that day.
The Sportsmanship Committee
will sponsor the activities of the
week, with each school arranging
its own program.
Good Chance
Those teams that have games
with schools from other confer
ences that Saturday will have an
excellent opportunity to spread
sportsmanship to the other con
ferences, said Will Davis president
of the Baylor student body and
Boris (Rocks) Tulip, former ath
letic director of the Bronx Zoo,
chattered from his mud bath in the
lower Amazon River that he would
seriously consider taking the pres
idency of A&M if he could go
without a shirt during his admin
istration.
Respected throughout the Brazil
ian jungle for his striking B.O.,
Tulip told Battalion reporters it
would only take a short time be
fore he completely fitted in with
the college life. “I’d knock’um
dead,” he blubbered.
Old Gymnasiums
A lover of the finer things of
life. Tulip enjoys smelling the in
side of old gymnasiums while
thinking out strategy. He hinted
that if he became president he
Would cut off the Administration
Building’s air conditioning system
“to give the place a proper atmos
phere.” “If the mother’s clubs
object, I’ll move my office to the
steam tunnels,” he threatened.
Born in a canoe on the Snake
River, Tulip was raised bv a herd
of moose after his mother and
father were killed by a rabid chip-
monk. Because of this unusual up
bringing, Tulip did not start to
school until he was 24 when he
entered A&M on a Badminton
Two Students Win
Landscape Award
Two A&M students won honors
Jn the judging of current" *fjarrd-
^ scape Exchange Problems contest.
™ George S. Porcher of 3417 Shell
Road, Corpus Christi, received fcme
of three Blue Seal awards granted,
scholarship. He was put on in
definite suspension his junior year
for garroting two sophomores with
his racket.
Soon after being expelled from
college he made a small fortune
selling bottled perspiration to ane
mic internes at one of the state’s
leading hospitals.
Later he became athletic director
of an old ladies’ rest home located
off the coast of Galveston. Since
he had a waim spot in his heart
for grandmothers, he decided to do
everything i n his power to improve
the patients’ health. His famous
command^ “Take ten,’!' is remem
bered by all the survivors.
Recognized Artist
In addition to his athletic work,
Tulip is also a recognized artist.
His oil paintings “Nude on Kyle
Field” and “Guts on the Bull Ring”
have added to the culture of mental
institutions throughout the state.
Tulip promised if he became the
next president, he would hold open
house in the Natatorium instead of
at home.
He is against washing Sully’s
statue.
Summer Aggies
Must Pay Fees,
Reserve Rooms
Students planning to at
tend summer sichool must pay
fees and reserve rooms now to
avoid congestion on registra
tion day June 8 according to
information released by the Hous
ing Office.
Students who wish to reserve
the rooms in which they are now
living oi* those wanting to change
to another room in the same dorm
itories should say so to the Hous
ing Office before 5 p. m. Wednes
day.
Thoso students changing from
one room to another must get a
room change slip signed by their
housemaster before going to the
Housing Office. Fees must be paid
at the Fiscal Office before rooms
will be reserved.
All other students may register
on a first-come-first-served basis
from 8 a. m. Thursday until noon
Saturday.
Dormitories to be used this sum
mer are Bizzell, Law, Puryear and
Mitchell.
next year’s Sportsmanship Com
mittee president.
A&M plays the University of
Georgia in Dallas that week.
The committee also suggested
that freshmen be told about the
work of the committee during
freshman orientation week.
A&M was represented at the
meeting by Frank Manitzas, form
er Battalion co-editor; V. M. (Mon
ty) Montgomery, head yell leader-
elect; and Leo Draper, represent
ing the Student Senate.
Harri Baker of A&M is the
gi’oup’s executive secretary.
The meeting was held Saturday
at TCU.
SLC
Own
Roberts’ Rules of ( )rder
Decides Split Vote
BULLETIN
The Ross Volunteers will get the $600 they
asked for, said C. G. (Spike) White, secretary of the
Student Life Committee, this morning.
A question of parliamentary procedure left the Student
Life Committee in the dark yesterday as to whether or not
it has appropriated $600 to the Ross Volunteers for ex
penses.
Eight members of the committee voted for the pro
posal, five against and three abstained. The parliamentary
question before the group was whether or not a majority of
the voting members present was needed to approve the mo
tion or simply the number of persons voting.
If the eight votes are enough to approve the proposal,
the RVs will get $600 from the Student Activities Fund next
year for expenses. If not, the motion is dead.
The discussion on the $600 appropriation proposed by
Committeeman Joe Wallace, who also is outgoing RV com-
♦'mander, outlasted another long
discussion concerning changes in
Clarifies
Constitution
A&S Council Elects
'Com ni en to tor ’Ed.
Robert G. (Bob) Hendry, junior I council during the year. After the
business major from San Antonio, meeting, members of the council
was elected editor of The Com- were guests at the home of Dean
mentator last night at the last of Arts and Sciences and Mi’s,
meeting of the Arts and Sciences | J. P. Abbott at an informal coffee.
Batt News Editor
and Michael C. Styn'er of Palestihe | Council.
received honorable mention. j Other candidates were Dan Daw-
• Subject of the design problem j son, junior English major from Hendry worked this year as staff
•was “A Community Church-,” and i Dallas, and Bill Young, junior ec- writer for The Commentator and
judging was held in the Flori- | onomics major from Dallas, who was news editor of The Battalion,
culture and Landscape Architec-I were running as co-editors. He is also a member of the Busi-
tur^ department. j Ralph Wallingford, president of | ness Society, vice-president-elect
Seven schools entered 49 solu- : the council, was given a standing 1 °f the A&M Film Society, served
tions. I ovation for his services to the j on the 1953-54 Town Hall Selec-
: ———— tion Committee, and a member of
the San Antonio Club.
It is hoped by September of next
'year, the majority of the parents
of A&M students will have sub
scribed to the magazine, Hendry
Six changes made yesterday in
the Student Life Committee Con
stitution did not alter the charter
as much as clarify it.
Subcommittee Chairman on Con
stitutions Joel Austin, former Bat
talion Co-Editor, presented the re
port which clarifies the specific
purposes of the committee and its
chain of command in dealing with
higher authorities and other com
mittees.
Confusion and loud discussion
centei’ed on the subcommittee’s
proposed changes in the Student
Senate Constitution.
Three recommended changes to
the Senate Constitution were de
ferred until next year when a joint
committee from both the Senate
and the SLC can coordinate the
I^oposed changes.
The subcommittee recommenda
tions for the Constitution-, changes:
were:
1) Article II (Purposes), Sec.
1, para, (d) was left as stated be
cause a need was recognized by the
SLC for it to handle business con
cerning student life which no oth
er 1 organization may be able to
handle. It reads: “To consider all
matters relating to student life not
delegated to some other authority.”
2) ^rticle II (Purposes), Sec.
1, para, (e) was amended to read:
“To serve as an intermediary be
tween the Student Senate and the
Academic Council on matters re
ferred to the Committee by the
Dean of Men.”
(This paragraph originally read:
“To serve as an intermediai’y be
tween the Student Senate and the
Academic Council.”)
3) Article II (Purposes), Sec.
1 para, (f) which reads: “To re
ceive and act upon or fox-ward to
the proper officer or committee
matters acted upon by the Student
Senate which require approval by
a higher authority.” was deleted
from the constitution.
The subcommittee told the SLC
that all Senate matters requiring
action by higher authorities should
be channeled to the Dean of Men’s
office.
4) Article II (Purposes), Sec.
2, para, (j) was amended to read:
“Review and make recommenda
tions to higher authority concern
ing business of the Student Sen
ate and all other student organi
zations when the committee deems
it necessary.”
(This paragraph originally read:
“Review and make recommenda
tions to higher authority concern
ing Student Senate business when
the committee deems it necessa
ry.”)
5) Article II (Purposes), Sec.
2, para, (k) was deleted from the
constitution because the adoption
of paragraph (j) makes this para
graph unnecessary, ' the subcom- I amount spent was $3,879.98.
(See CONSTITUTION, Page 2) (See SLC, Page 2)
the SLC’s constitution. The chan
ges were appx*oved.
C. G. (Spike) White, secretary
to the SLC and assistant dean of
men for Student Activities, and
Committee Chairman J. H. Sor
rels decided a “look-see” into Rob
erts’ Rules of Order should deter
mine what will decide the vote.
$600 to RVs
The original motion proposed by
Wallace was that $2,400 of the
Student Activities estimated ex
penditure be allowed to remain in
the miscellaneous fund and $600
be alloted to the Ross Volunteers
to help defray their travel ex
penses. Oi’iginally, the $3,000 to
tal of these two figures was plan
ned for use in the miscellaneous
fund for the bonfire, Aggie Sweet
heart, helmet liners* decals and
other items. Only $1,479.98 was
available this year in the miscel
laneous fund.
This report of non-operational
expenditures of Student Activities
was approved with the knowledge
that similar allotments could be
made by the Student Activities
Office again next year. The total
SLC Urges
Individual
Counseling
Ret ter counseling - within
the departments and its ma
jors was recommended yes
terday by the Student Life
Committee for' forwarding to
the Academic Council.
Dr. C. W. Landiss, chairman of
the student-faculty relations com
mittee, asked the SLC to approve
his group’s report in bettering re
lations between students and fac
ulty.
He recommended:
Department heads aopoint a
sympathetic person within their
group to work with majors in their
field in counseling and offering ad
vice, especially those on proba
tion. The committee felt this has
been neglected in the past by some
departments.
Company commanders and other
officers be orientated at the be
ginning of each year to encourage
men under their command to seek
the help and guidance of their pro
fessors, especially those students
on probation.
Urge freshmen during the first
week to go to their professors for
help, especially when making low
grades.
These three recommendations
will be sent to the Academic Coun
cil.
The use of coffee hours during
regular class periods to improve
x’elations was imled out for this
year because of the cost involved.
The subcommittee strongly urged,
howevex - , that their use for next
year be investigated again.
The SLC changed the meeting
time of hometown clubs from Mon
day of each week to Thursday.
This will become effective in the
fall. All other clubs and societies
that cui’iently meet on Thux-sday
night will meet on Monday night
next yeai’. Honorary societies and
(See COUNSELING, Page 2)
Wilkins Says
Uniforms Are
For Discipline
Necessary
Maintenance
Cadets are being required to
wear uniforms until the end of
school for pui-poses of control,
said Lt. Col. Taylor Wilkins, as
sistant commandant.
Although cadets staided turning
in issued uniforms May 11, they
must wear their pui’chased uni
forms until May 30.
“Without unifoi-ms, we become
a mob instead of a coi’ps,” Wilkins
said. He explained coxps activities
became disoi’ganized when cadets
2i-e allowed to wear civilian
Athletes
At CHS
Honored
Banquet
Four Seniors Punished
For Missing Inspection
William Arnold was awarded a
trophy as the most valuable foot
ball player for 1952 at the A&M
Consolidated Spox’ts Banquet last
night. The award was donated by
S. A. Lipscomb and W. M. Colson.
Bobby Jackson w r as given an
This year Consolidated tied for
district champions in football with
Hempstead, won first in basketball,
took thix-d in track and won dist-
x-ict tennis doubles.
“Sixty per cent of the boys at
Consolidated participate in some
form of sports, and they do it on
clothes during the last days of the
spring semester in 1952.
Until this yeai’, cadets could
wear civilian clothes during final
week. Each class was assigned a
certain time to check in their uni-
foxms with the ai’mory and could
wear civilian clothes afterward.
The new unifox-m x-ule was ex
plained to cadet officex-s eax-ly in
September during the orientation
period, Wilkins said. College Re
gulations state a cadet should have
at least two extra uniforms in
nual Inspection and Room Inspec- j class,
tion. He has also been campused
said. Letters will be sent to them award sponsored by G. W. Black
I shortly explaining the pui*poses, as the most valuable basketball I their own tim^’
Cadet Lt. Col. Richard M. Zeek , ure to attend the Annual Formal , a j ms an d subscription rates of player of the year. j Richardson said sch ° o1 t'me,
has been reduced in rank to pri- | Inspection and for acquiring three the magazine, he added. Other awards given were to Fred T wen tv nno r ij * j,
va.e for absenoe fr„ m F„r„,a, An- : absence, from mi.i.ary science A H „ mor ; Anderson and B, yon Andrews, £ ,e,Termed witl reto^n^'ye^n 8
f tw weeks I Cadet lst Lt - Robert B. Carpen- I The Commentator will not be | Pinkey Cooner, best blSjker; e and 1 soif'pVesente’d'Kevao/wUh a"^!'
for t^o \\eeks. ter of “A” Co. Armor also has P ure, y a college humor magazine Joe Motheral and Byron Andrews, fee-pot on behalf of the teams nnH
Zeek was one of four cadet of- | been reduced to private and cam _ | next year, he continued. Humorous basketball co-captain. j veil leaders Retsv HurrWt d
fxcers who had action taken against d for the res P t of the j952.53 j stories will be printed if they are The Kiwanis Club sponsored the Rented an ‘ award to ten^fs toact
them for absence from the annual 8chool year He was charged with good. It is h,s belief that there are j annual banquet and dance to honor Harold Schaeffer
jnspectxon, saidLt. Col. Taylor | misgi the Federa , j j R | not a sufficient number of good ; all A&M Consolidated athletes. Miss Bui chard ' who lettered
Wilkins assistant commandant. L. iew and thrpe hour P absences humor waters on the campus to More than 100 athletes, dates, par- tennis, is the second
Two of these men also were charg- from min tary science classes. ! Polish a magazine wholly of this j ents, Kiwanians, and friends of the history of Consolidated
ed with excess of absences in mill- type. school were present. a SDo ; t '•' onsoll < 1 ate d
tary science classes. j Cadet George C. Porcher of “B” The magazine as planned wall ' ».
Jack K. Reynolds, cadet first Co. Seniors was campused for two carry a wide variety of stories.
^ lieutenant, has been reduced to weeks for failure to attend the Faculty adivsor for the maga-
private and campused for the re- 1 Annual Formal Inspection Re- j zine is Harry Kidd, noted author
;nainder of the semester for fail- I view, I and English professor at A&M,
Health Unit
Reports Five
Polio Cases
Five cases of polio have been re
ported in Brazos county since
April 30 according to the Brazos
County Health Unit.
Four of these cases were from
Bryan Air Force Base. Authorities
at the base said two of the cases
were not confirmed as polio as
Shepard Air Force Base in Wichita
Falls where the patients were sent.
This brings the total number of
polio cases in Brazos county to
three.
The latest polio victim was a |
Bryan resident who was sent to a
Waco hospital for further treat
ment.
addition to his issued clothes, the
assistant commandant said.
Uniforms will be accepted until
five days before the semester
closes. Students turning in cloth
ing after the deadline will be
charged to 10 per cent of the total
value. The charge is for additional
billing and handling. It will not
be less than one dollar.
Following the 15th day after
school closes, no clothing will be
accepted because the Army and
Air Force inventories must be in
by that time.
The full value of the clothes will
will be charged for uniforms turn
ed ki after this time.
Weather Today
CLEAR
WEATHER TODAY
Clear and
„ llu It . lierea ln Senior Class Function
athle ^,. da ? es ’ P-" I tennis, is the second girl in the Set for Wednesday
to letter in The senior class function will be J warmer with the expected maxi-
RilrsKi . . 1 - -I----- ' held at the clay pits Wednesday, 1 mum temperature in the middle
cerotr.!! n i» s V S jI Head Coach Ray George I said Red Scott, chairman. ISO’s. The maximum temperature
D ; "_j . aF 7 I ' vas Die main speaker for the even- | “If clear weather continues, it 1 yesterday was 80 and the minimum
son reviewed the
r- w T- yea «’ S athletic ing- In congratulating Consolidat-I will start at 1 p.m.” he added,
a 1 °^ C ' ni ^ e ' ans P 1 ^ - 1 e< I on R s athletic teams, George Tickets are one dollar, and may
sented the lettermen. J (See CHS, Pose 4). I be bought from Scott.
was 69. Rainfall recorded at Eas-
terwood Airport by the CAA last
week was 6.63 inches.