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Number 74: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1953
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MSC
Rest
Council /\ods
of Budget,
Names Committees
The MSC Council approved last
night the remainder of next year’s
budget which includes $1,050 for
the opei-ation of Cafe Rue Pinalle.
Any money which the cafe makes
beyond this amount during the
ieoming year will be returned to
the MSC Fund.
It was decided that an expense
[report will be turned in to the
council after each cafe perform
ance. This report will be sub
mitted by the chairman of the
Rue Pinalle operations.
The Council approved the alloca
tion of $875 to the Dance Com
mittee for their operations. An
official commendation was given
Mi to Manning Smith, dance instruc-
Htor, and to the dance committee
||for the job done this year.
H|! All-College Dance Committee
|||Was given $885 for its expenses. j
The Music Committee, which
•• puts on the Intercollegiate Talent
Hshow, was allocated $G48. Any
Hgmoney which the show clears above
the amount will revert to the gen
eral fund.
Lights Out for Taps
A motion was approved by the
Council that during Silver Taps
eremony, as many MSC lights as
Ifeasible and safe will be turned
|off in observance of the ti’adition.
| The council said it would be im-
g’ possible to turn off the power in
Ihe building since some visitors on
the campus would not know what
the ceremony was about, and that
till the clocks, air conditioning,
heating, refrigeration, etc. could
not be stopped.
The Council also approved a
^notion that hats will not be worn
inside the MSC. The group will
take upon itself the responsibility
of informing everyone possible of
the fact that the Center is a me
morial and hats will not be worn
inside.
Council members also will solicit
the aid of every student in attempt
ing to carry out this well-estab
lished tradition.
Another motion approved was
the grass and landscape areas
around the MSC will not be used
for the purpose of mass meetings
without the approval of the Coun
cil.
(See MSC, Page 2)
Students to I lelp I Ira! t
Prof-Rating Procedure
AGGIELAND ’54 EDS—Barnet C. (Dutch) Dutcher (left)
of San Antonio and Alan H. (Bootsie) Holt of Brenham
have been elected editor of the Aggieland ’54, A&M’s year
book. Both are business administration majors.
Trained 6,000 Students
PE Department Advocates
Well Conditioned Grads
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Alternate Sites
, Set for Graduation
to
| Commencement exercises will be
held in Guion and Sbisa Halls in
stead of Kyle Field in case of bad
Bveather, said W. H. Delaplane,
thairman of the commencement
committee.
I If the exercises are held in Guion
®nd Sbisa, candidates for degrees
in Engineering and Veterinary
Medicine will assemble West of the
Academic Building and’Smith- of
■loss’ statue, he said.
I Agriculture and Arts and
Sciences candidates will assemble
West of the same location, he
pdded.
| The exercises are scheduled at
*6:30 p. m. May 29.
I In case of bad weather, the
I Final Ball will be held in the MSC
I instead of The Grove. If changed,
| it will start at 9:30 p. m. May 29
’in the Ballroom.
When a student enters A&M he
is assured of the top-notch phy
sical training and conditioning.
A&M completes 77 years of ser
vice this spring. One of its best
services is its physical education
department.
In the past two years, the
school’s PE department, headed by
Carl E. Tishler, has trained 6,000
students and sent them on their
way better qualified to handle
themselves and teach the manual
arts to others.
Three-thousand students in each
of the past two years have re
ceived expert training from the
physical education department’s 13-
man full-time staff.
Every physically fit freshman
entering A&M is required to take
at least four semesters of PE. If
he is a PE major, the student will
get a full course preparing him as
a secondary school teacher in phy
sical education.
The department has a service
program designed to meet the
needs of students in all schools of
the college. It’s strictly an adult
recreational type of program in
that the department stresses the
activity in which boys Cferr partici
pate whep they get out of school.
There are 13 different activities
available to the student. Swim
ming is compulsory.
Every freshmen must pass a
swimming test. All who fail must
take at least one semester of
swimming until he is qualified “to
stay afloat.” All advanced ROTC
students must know how to swim.
Those who pass the swimming
test at the start of school also are
given a physial fitness test. If a
student fails this latter test, he
must take one semester of con
ditioning. The conditioning course
consists of calisthenics, running,
chinning, sit-ups and other vig
orous individual activities.
Student Passes Both
If a student passes both the
swimming and physical fitness
tests, or completes the swimming
and conditioning requirements, he
is allowed to elect any of the var
ious activities offered for his final
two semesters or required PE.
In subsequent activities he can
not repeat an activity unless he
fails to meet the minimum require
ments. These activities are golf,
tennis, badminton, gymnastics,
weight training, handball, volley
ball, boxing, swimming, diving
wrestling, bowling and fencing. In
all but wrestling, bowling a n d
fencing, both elementary and ad
vanced courses are available.
The instructors are top-notch
experts in their particular fields.
They’re all specialists in some
activity, some in more than one
field.
Art Adamson, varsity swimming
coach, is a full professor. Adamson
has been here since 1933. A former
record swimmer and teammate of
famed Johnny Weissmuller, Adam
son has taught thousands of Ag
gies how to swim.
.He’s also a great advocate of
water polo.
Then there’s Norman, “Bud”
Matthews, a trained tumbling ex
pert. Matthews and Nicky Pont-
ieux, another PE staffer, are co
sponsors of the Aggie Gymnastics
club which competes in various
collegiate and AAU circles and
also entertains between halves of
basketball games. The club enter
tained at the VA hospital in Tem
ple this year. Matthews is one of
the clowns which high lights the
trampoline and tumbling crew.
Dowell Coaches Tennis
W. M. Dowell, another full pro-
4 Vet’ Editor
Besch Wins
$500 Award
Everett D. Besch, Route 1
of Cibola, has been named
winner of the $500 Krueger
Award for 1953-54.
The award is presented an
nually by C. C. Krueger of San
Antonio to a top student of the
college who has earned all or a
substantial part of his college ex
penses during the years preceding
his senior year.
Besch is due to graduate in June
1954 in veterinary medicine. In
addtion, to being a top student ac
ademically he will serve next year
as editor of The Southwestern Vet
erinarian edited by students of the
School of Veterinary Medicine. He
is a veteran and he and Mrs. Besch
have two children.
Besch is the eighth winner of
the Krueger Award which has be
come one of the top honors for
students at the college. Krueger,
is a graduate of the college and
recently completed a six-year term
as a member of the college board
of directors.
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Four Point Policy
Adopted by Council
The executive committee of the Academic Council de
cided yesterday both faculty and student representatives
will share in developing for faculty ratings for the future.
The council said this will make the rating a “democratic
cooperative endeavor.”
A four point policy was adopted by the council on the
recommendation of the Committee on Development of Teach
ing Personnel. The policy says:
• Student ratings will be continued as one method of
appraising teacher effectiveness in our local situation.
• Continued careful study will be given to the content
of any rating form employed and to the rating procedure in
border to reduce ambiguities and in
0 _ order to remove as far as possible
Harrington
To Speak At
Okla. A&M
President M. T. Harrington
will address the commence
ment exercises at Oklahoma
A&M College at 10 a.m. Mon
day in Stillwater, Okla.
There will be 1,091 bachel
or’s degrees, 288 master’s de
grees and 23 doctor’s degrees
conferred at the exercises.
The ceremony will be held in
the school’s Field House.
Aggie Players Hold
Banquet in MSC
Aggie Players held their annual
awards banquet last night in the
MSC.
B. B. Smith, president of the
group, officiated. Dr. Stewart S.
Morgan, head of the English de
partment presented the awards.
Dr. Morgan thanked the Players
for the service they have rendered
fessor, is a renowned badminton comm unity during the past
expert in the state but also is the
varsity tennis coach.
Other members under Tishler
aye Associate Professors Carl W.
Landiss, teacher education and of
ficiating; Herman B. Segrest, box
(See PE, Page 2)
NEWS BRIEFS
A PICNIC WILL be given June
2 by the Tyler-Smith County A&M
Club for members and their dates,
said Bob Hagan, retiring president
of the club. It will start at 5:30 p.
m. at Boring’s Lake. Those without
rides will be picked up at Berg-
PIndent Campused
By Senior Court
K Two seniors and one junior ap
peared before Senior Court last
night for having excessive de
merits.
I The court declined to try the two
seniors, Wilson Weatherford and I field Park and carried to the lake,
Jerry Strong, because some of the Hagan said,
members did not think they were j * * *
qualified. The court decided to | THE AGGIE RODEO Team plac-
leave the seniors’ cases to the dis- ed sixth in the nation for the 1952-
| cretion of Col. Joe E. Davis, com-j 53 school year. Receiving high in-
mandant. j dividual ratings in steer wrestling
Weatherford is commander of 1 were Lowie Rice, third place, and
I Company H Quartermaster Corps ; Bobby Ranking, fourth place. Bil-
•»nd Strong is a member of Squad- jy Steele was fourth in ribbon rop-
r°n 1. ing and Joby Connelly was fourth
i Rodney (Rod) Mancuso, junior j j n ca ]f r0 pj nf ,_
in A Company Transportation * * *
Corps, was campused until Thanks- I GRADUATING SENIORS must
leave their names and addresses |
with the Student Activities Office
in order for the Aggieland ’53 to
be mailed to them, said H. F.
(Spider) Miller, co-editor of the
| yearbook. A 50 cent mailing fee
also will be charged, he said.
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DONALD D. BURCHARD, head
of the journalism department, has
been elected vice president in
charge of the Collegiate Chapters
of Texas Siema Xi Association.
Jack Butler of the Ft. Worth
Star Telegram was elected presi
dent of the association.
Felix McKnight, managing editor
of the Dallas Morning News, has j
been made a member of the Ad- i
visory Council of the American
Press Institute.
Aggie Rodeo Team
Is Sixth in Nation
giving.
Weather Today
Friday, said W. W. Meinke, presi
dent. It will be held at the club’s
clubhouse.
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GRADUATION ANNOUNCE
MENTS are ready for delivery,
said W. D. (Pete) Hardesty, busi
ness manager of Student Activi
ties. Extra announcements should
be in by Friday, he said.
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THE HORTICULTURE Club’s
annual spring barbecue planned
for Thursday has been cancelled
due to the heavy rains this week, j
said Jim Kenedy, president. It will
not be held this year, he said.
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KHAKI UNIFORMS will be re
issued to AFROTC cadets attend
ing summer camp from 11:30 a. m.
to 6 p. m. tomorrow in the East |
wing of Duncan Mess Hall.
The uniforms have been at the
laundry being cleaned. Students
whose uniforms do not fit may
exchange them at this time. Sum
mer camp text books will also be
issued. '
Cafe Rue Pinalle
Closes for Season
Friday night’s performance clos
ed Cafe’ Rue Pinalle for the year,
said Miss Betty Bolander, MSC
program consultant.
It has been in operation for two
seasons and has offered 22 per
formances.
Programs this year have in
cluded six different bands and 28
different vocal entertainers. Rue
Pinalle drew its largest crowd, 188
persons, Combat Arms w r eek.
Four of the bands have been pro
fessional, and nine of the 28 vocal
acts have come form out-of-town.
Five bands came from Bryan Air
Force Base, and 14 were local en
tertainers.
The four professional bands
which have played for Rue Pinalle
are the Aggieland and Bryan A.
F. B. combo, Claud Harris Band
and the Earnie Horres Combo.
Non - pi-ofessional bands were
the Bob Rose Dixieland Band and
the Latin American Combo.
year. He said the group had con
tributed to the spiritual and in
tellectual background of College
Station and A&M. \
Four gold keys were awarded to
members for their service to the
organization. B. B. Smith, Bill
Witty, Jerry McFarland and Harry
Gooding received gold keys.
Silver Keys were presented to 11
persons. This group included Tom
Puddy, manager of Guion Hall and
Dr. T. F. Mayo of the English de
partment. Others receiving silver
keys were Roger Melton, Iris Bul
lard, Virginia Lemmon, J. H.
Shanks, Bill Withers, Ted Castle,
Vic Robertson, Ricky Black and
Mrs. D. H. Morgan.
Certificates were awarded to
members of the Players who had
not compiled enough points for a
silver key. Winners of certificates
were Joan Brown, Jean McMullen,
Jerry Neighbors, Eleanor Burch-
ard, John Samuels, Bill Stewart,
Raoul Roth, William Williams,
Dave Parnell and Bob Easley.
Certificates Awarded
Others who were awarded certi
ficates were Glenn Whitley, Sher-
win Rubin, Jim Baggaley, Rudy
Stanislav, Roger Sherman, Martha
Jane Kenecny, Elizabeth Cook and
Mrs. W. H. Delaplane.
A point system is used for de
ciding who will be given keys.
Thirty points is necessary to win a
silver key. Twenty points is given
for a lead part in a play and les
ser amounts for various other ser
vices.
For a gold key, a person must
first have won his silver key and
have an additional 30 points. | Foundation, the Agricultural Ex-
Several honorary silver keys were I tension Division and Agricultural
awarded to people outside the Ag- I Exneriment Station.
those extraneous and irrelevant
factors which may distort the rat
ing results.
• Both faculty and student re
presentatives will share in develop
ing the student rating procedure in
order to make this a democratic
cooperative endeavor.
•Since the major purpose of
student-faculty ratings is personal
development of the faculty, re
sults of ratings will be reported
directly to teachers, with copies
sent to administrators only on ap
proval of the individual faculty
member.
Welcoming Program Set Up
An introductory and welcoming
program for new membei’S of the
teaching staff also was initiated by
the council. The i - ecommendation
came fi’om the same committee on
the Development of Teaching Per
sonnel.
The new px-ogi’am will be con
ducted on an all-college level. It is
designed to acquaint new instruc-
toxs with the aims, function, me
chanics and spirit of A&M.
Council membex-s pointed out
that this new px*ogram is not de
signed to replace the present orie
ntation pi-ogi-am for new profes-
SOX’S.
The program will contain five
meetings which preferably will be
conducted by the Dean of the Col
lege, with the Chancellor and the
President invited to say a few
words in welcome.
Basic Division Arientation
Next on the list is a meeting
with the Dean of the Basic Divi
sion. This meeting was set up so
new instnictox-s will leaxm of the
activities of the division.
Instnxctors will meet with the
College Registrar, and Librarian
and the Auditor.
The fourth meeting will consist
of shox*t talks by the Dean of each
school, except the Basic Division,
and the Heads of the Research
WF Senior Dinner
Set for Wednesday
gxe players who have done in
valuable service for the group over
several years.
The annual Wesley Foundation
Senior Dinner will be held at 6:30
p. m. Wednesday in the Wesley
Foundation Building, said Bob
Sneed, dii-ector.
The dinner honors graduating
seniors who have been members
of the foundation.
The Rev. Forest Dudley of the
Marlin Methodist Church will be | “Oppox-tunities
the main speaker.
“A Good Soldier,” a play by the
Wesley drama group, will be pre
sented after the dinner, he said.
Walton Speaks At
FFA Banquet
E. V. Walton, head of the agri-
cultui'al education depax tment, was
the pxinciple speaker at the an
nual F.F.A. Parent-Son Banquet,
May 19, at Luther Burbank Voca
tional High School in San Antonio.
Walton spoke on the topic
in Agi’iculture”.
’One hundxed-fifty four Futux-e
Farmers, 308 parents and 100 busi- :
ness and civic leaders attend- |
ed the banquet.
CLEAR
WEATHER TODAY: Clear and
j|rarmer. The high yesterday was
and the low 61,
Newman Club Has
Awards Barbecue
The Newman club will hold an
awards barbecue at 6:30 p. m.
Friday at KC Park in Bryan, said
Ted Uptmore, president-elect of
the club.
Ten keys will be given to the
outstanding Newmanites of the
McKnight was guest speaker of | year, he said.
A Polka Band has been tenta
tively scheduled for the occasion.
Transportation to the park will be
furnished from St. Mary’s Chapel.
the Journalism Club last week in
the MSC
These talks will highlight the
activities and aims of the school
or depai’tment which would be of
interest to a new instructor in a
differene school.
Final meeting of the series will
| be conducted by the Dean of Men
j and the Commandant with short
j talks by eex-tain student leaders
j such as the Colonel of the Corps,
president of the senior class and
j editor of The Battalion.
Talks on Student Life
These talks will be on student
! military life, disipline and student
problems.
First three meetings of the year
Will be held during the week pre-
ceeding enrollment and the last
two dui’ing the first month of
School.
The committee said meeting in
the Faculty Room of the Admini
stration Building would aid in re
ducing the formality and strain of
such a series of meetings.
All pertinent materials will be
distiibuted to each new member
a t the first meeting.
n? Hu » hes receives the $50 prize from D L Alford of the
Caldwell.^ Others “are^aTr 6 )^.'’^Hlh^^ Y
I ££ Sii«T h0 won third prfae of 516: * nd Fmi c - Kirkham " ho
THE BRAZOS COUNTY A&M
Fish & Game Club
Stages Fish Fry
A fish fry was held Sunday by
the Fish and Game Club and its
KUests at R. E. Callenders’ cabin
near the Navasota River.
The fish fry is an annual event
w ith the club, and the fish left
over from open house exhibits are
used.
Members and guests attending
J "ere Dr. W. B. Davis, R. E. Cal
lander, Charles Gray, Edwin H.
Cooper, and their wives; Paul
Lukens, Charlotte Bailiff, Robert
j Drawe, Victor Hinze, Pat Kerr,
Henry Hulan, Wilford Kucera,
1 Chester Rowell and John Dorches-