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Number 118: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1953
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Dr. Walter H. Delaplane, former
head of the economics department
has been appointed dean of the
School of Arts and Sciences.
The A&M board of directors ap-
proved Delaplane’s appointment
Saturday. Delaplane replaces Dr.
J. P. Abbott who was promoted
to dean of the college.
The board awarded a $40,235.05
contract to The R. B. Butler Co. of
Bryan for construction of side
walks, curbs and gutters in the cen
ter campus area.
It also awarded a contract for
$0,632.75 to Cheatham Bros, of
Bryan for construction of a sewage
treatment labratory and disposal
plant.
Wind Tunnel
The board approved appropria
tion of $9,600 for additions to the
A&M Garbage Feeding plant. A
$15,000 appropriation was ap
proved for a wind tunnel to be con
structed in the Engineering build
ing. The money will also be used
to construct an air line from the
power plant to the tunnel. The
tunnel will be used to test the ef-
Student Wife
Involved In
Bryan Accident
Mrs. Jodie Elam was driver
Df a car involved Friday at
i:40 p. m. in a collision with
a Bryan city truck driven by
Armando Macias, a city em
ploye.
Wife of junior architecture major
E. M. Elam, Mrs. Elam was on
her way home to College View
from her job as a nurse at Bi-yan
Air Force base when the collision
occurred.
The truck, according to witnes
ses, was moving south on College
Ave. when Mrs. Elam attempted
to pass. As she came abreast of
the truck, the driver turned sud
denly to the left into Lake St. cut
ting her off, it was reported.
The right front fender of Mrs.
Elam’s car was smashed and the
left front door of the truck was
dented.
State Highway Patrolmen L. V.
Dunagan and O. L. Luther investi
gated the accident. The highway
patrol Usually is called in' 1 to in-;
vestigate wrecks involving city
vehicles, Dunagan said.
Mrs. Elam said she blew her
horn before passing the truck and
added that the truck driver did not
use a hand signal.
Macias, the truck driver, said he
did signal. ‘
Macias did not have an operators
license.
fects of supersonic speeds on air
craft.
The board approved The Texas
Forest service’s request to lease
the Jasper County airport in Kir-
byville. The Forest service has
used part of the field to store its
aircraft used to spot forest fires.
Approval was given to the Engi
neering Experiment station to have
the W. F. Dodge Co. publish a
book, “School Architecture and Ap
proach”, by W. W. Caudill.
Bitterweed Control
The board approved the Agricul
ture Extension Service continue
study with the University of Texas
on bitterweed control and grass
improvement on more than 3,000
acres in Crockett county.
Appropriations were increased
for improvements on the house
used by Henderson Shuffler, direc
tor of system information, and the
chancellor’s home.
Improvemement appropri-
ations were increased by $900 for
Shuffler’s home and $8,000 for the
Chancellor’s.
The board accepted all grants-in-
aid, gifts, loans and scholarships
donated to the system and A&M
since its last meeting.
A resolution was passed thank
ing board member and former stu-^.
dent president J. Harold Dunn for
supplying the airplane which flew
system, college, and former student
officials on a state-wide tour this
summer of A&M clubs.
Concrete Slab
The board appropriated $0,000
for a concrete slab in front of Ar
lington State College’s new student
center. It also okayed $1,000 for
curbs and gutters around newly
paved streets near Arlington
State’s girls’ dormitories.
The board accepted Bell Tele
phone Company’s offer of $3,960
for Prairie View College telephone
equipment. Bell intends to install
modern phone equipment at the col
lege and surrounding residential
area, put in an automatic exchange
and charge Hempstead rates.
Dr. Walter H. Delaplane
Dean of Arts and Sciences
CS Mayor, Manager
Return From Meet
Mayor Ernest Langfbrd and City
Manager Ran Boswell returned
Saturday from a conference of city
managers in Los Angeles.
There were 19 other delegates
from Texas. Also represented be
sides the other states were Alaska
and Canada..
Along with the various confer
ences and panel discussions on the
problems of city management, the
group also toured motion picture
studios.
“It was a fine meeting,” Boswell
said. “I found that we’re doing a
pretty good job here in College
Station.”
New College Dean
Has Three Degrees
Dr. Walter H. Delaplane, A&M’s
new dean of arts and sciences, has
a long record of experience in eco
nomic education as well as interna
tional economics.
The new dean holds three de
grees, AB, AM and PhD, all in the
major field of economics.
He was a visiting professor at
the National University of Para
guay in 1945-46', and a special lec
turer at the National University
of Mexico in 1950.
He received his AB and AM from
Oberlin college in 1929 and 1931,
respectively. In 1934 he got his
PhD from Duke University.
Delaplane taught economics / at
Duke for nine years. For six of
those ygjars he was also assistant
to the cl§p.n of the graduate school
there.
During World War II he was
economist and chief of the Iberian
section, blockade division of the
foreign economic division.
After the war he was head of the
department of economics and busi
ness administration at St. Law
rence university, Canton, N. Y.
He came to A&M as professor
and head of the economics depart
ment in 1948i
Delaplane has written several
publications on international eco
nomics, both in English and Span
ish.
He was a Phi Beta Kappa at
Oberlin college and a Phi Kappa
Phi here in 1950.
He is a member of the Ameri
can Economic association, the Eco
nomic History association, the
Southwestern Social Science asso
ciation and the American Associa
tion of University Professors.
Born Feb. 2, 1907, in Toledo,
Ohio, the 46-year-old dean is mar
ried to Florence Hine Delaplane.
They have two sons, Charles, 14,
and Walter Jr., 10.
4 Mr. and Miss America of Music’
Adkins Promoted
To Assistant Prof
William G. Adkins has been
named assistant professor of agri
cultural economics here.
He formerly held the position of
technical research assistant. His
duties will primarily involve re
search in land economics and re
lated fields.
He is a graduate of the For-
feston public schools and a vet
eran of World War II. He was
valedictorian here in 1951 and re
ceived his BS degree with a major
in rural sociology.
v ahiatioii Plan
for College
A&M System To
Us
Study Itself
College Board
Questions Drop
In Enrollment
The board of directors has
started to wonder why 41 per
cent of last year’s freshmen
did not return to A&M this
fall.
The board also would like to
know why A&M now has almost
100 less transfer students than
were enrolled last year.
The college is already two jumps
ahead of the board in finding the
answers.
It is starting a self evaluation
which will include all phases of
student life and functions of de
partments and offices. Letters
are being sent to last year’s fresh
men with an academic record of C
or above, who did not return, to
find out their reasons for not re
enrolling.
These actions were revealed
Saturday at the board of directors
first meeting of the school year.
President David H. Morgan told
the board that only 59 percent of
last year’s freshmen have enrolled
again. Morgan said about 300
transfer students were enrolled at
A&M last year. Now the number
has dropped to approximately 200,
he said.
The board asked Morgan if he
could explain the enrollment drop.
Morgan said he was trying to fiitd
the answer. He said his present
opinions were that transfer stu
dents felt they were not being fully
accepted by other members of the
student body and the freshmen did
not want to spend a second year as
the lowest ranking class within
their corps units.
Separate Area
All corps freshmen, except ath
letes, are housed in a separate area
with their upperclassmen com
manders.
When they become sophomores
they move to another housing area
with juniors and seniors. Since
there are no freshmen in this area,
the sophomores still are the lowest
ranking class within their dormi
tories.
The president said the college
was writing all freshmen with an
academic average of C or above
who did not return to A&M and
asking their reasons for leaving.
Board member W. T. (Doc)
Doherty suggested the board
form a committee to study stu
dent life at A&M in an attempt to
answer why these freshmen did
not return, and the reason for the
drop in transfer student enroll
ment.
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Guion’s Packed Audience
Cheers James and Morrow
By BOB HENDRY
Battalion Feature Editor
Joni James and Buddy Morrow
left no doubt last night in the
minds of the Aggies as to who
are the “Mr. and Miss America of
Music.”
Joni sang seven songs at her
8 p.m. performance in Guion hall,
and then was held for three en
cores. Morrow received loud ap
plause and many compliments from
the capacity audience.
The two had already caused the
largest pre-performance ticket sale
in A&M’s history, and had made
it necessary to hold two shows to
seat the huge audience.
“Texas men are better than any
one ever said,” Joni claimed. “You
are so great.”
Best Audience
“The Aggies are the best audi
ence I have ever ran into,” Mor
row complimented. “They gave
me the feeling that I couldn’t do
anything wrong.”
Morrow opened the show with
some of his famous instiumentals.
Among the songs he played were
“Dragnet” and “Banana Split.”
Pretty Jean Terry, blonde vocal
ist, sang her arrangement of
“April in Portugal” and other
numbers, Frankie Lester’s “I
Don’t Know” was one of the most
popular vocals of the show. He
also sang “I Believe” and “Re-
Enlistment Blues.”
Five foot Joni appeared before
the audience with her 35-23-35%
figui-e nearly clothed in a four foot
peach Moltiff evening dress em
broidered with pearls, rhinestones
and silver rosebud seed.
She sang “Have You Heard,”
“Almost Always,” “’Your Cheatin’
Heart,” “Why Don’t You Believe
Me,” “My Love, My Love” and
others.
Although not billed with her and
Morrow, Joni introduced the new
est addition to her show. He is
Mignon, her pet dog, who was giv
en to her on her birthday last
Tuesday.
Joni was born Joan Carmella
Babbo on Sept. 22, 1930, in Chica
go, Ill. Three things about Jonie
have been changed since that date.
Her name was the first. Joan’s
high school newspaper, the Bowen
Arrow of which she was feature
editor, was published with the ty-
pogi*aphical error, Joni. The new
name stuck.
After her graduation from high
school, she turned down a journal
ism scholarship to De Kalb uni
versity in order to take up dancing.
She got a job in a new stage pro
duction, and, two days before start
ing rehearsals, had an attack of
acute appendicitis.
While recovering, she took up
singing as a pass time.
Joni soon found she was a good
singer, and, besides, could make
more money with her voice than
by dancing. An advertising agency
didn’t like the name Babbo, so
it was changed to James.
“I got homesick singing for all
the college students out there,”
Joni said after her performance.
“All my friends are in college.
Sometimes I wish I had given up
singing and accepted my scholar
ship to De Kalb.”
TV Show
Joni will be featured on a new
national television show soon, she
said. Her show will be broadcast
three times a week throughout
the nation.
At the present, four major Hol
lywood studios are fighting for
Joni’s motion picture contract. “I
don’t know which one I will
choose,” Joni said. “I want the
one with the best script and musi
cal arrangement.”
Joni is not married, and is not
serious about anyone at the pres
ent. “I’ve been too busy with my
career to get serious about any
body,” she said.
Joni James
Top Recording Artist
A&M soon will start checking itself to see if all parts
of the college are running smoothly and if not, try to find
out the reason why.
The project will be carried on by academic depart
ments, college offices, and members of the student body.
Each part will study itself and try to make whatever correc
tions are needed for a more efficient operation.
The study will take in such things as academic curricula,
administrative procedures and student life.
The purpose of the evaluation is to see if each part of
the college is working smoothly within itself and with other
departments.
A&M’s check on itself is only"* '~"
part of an over-all plan for a self-
evaluation of the entire A&M sys
tem.
Solve Problems
Each college and service organi
zation within the system will check
all its parts and functions and try
to solve any problems it might
have.
The information will be collected
into progress report and be ready
for the chancellor by Jan. 4.
In a memorandum to deans and
department heads, President David
H. Morgan quoted Chancellor M. T.
Harrington as saying the study
was not to be a criticism of any
college or system operation. The
project “is good administrative
practice in periodically checking
ourselves,” he said.
Progress Report
The memorandum added that the
collected information is not expect
ed to be a finished study but only a
progress report. The deadline for
all reports concerning A&M is
Dec. 12.
The A&M System has been in
opei - ation since 1948. This study is
the system’s first attempt to study
a detailed picture of its operations.
Boyd Named ;
Senior Court ;
President f
Cadet Col. B. K. Boyd has
been named president of sen
ior courts for the fall semes
ter by the commandant of
cadets. Cadet Lt. Col. V. M.
Montgomery will be vice-president.
There are 21 seniors on the
court. They are as follows:
Cadet Lieutenant Colonels Carl
W. Wilson, Cai’l Bruce Sterzing,
Larry W. Hoffman, William T.
Wilson and Phillip E. Jacobs.
Cadet Majors Roger Q. Landers,
Eric E. Miller, John F. Acree, Otis
W. Templar and George W.
Skladal.
Cadet Captains Louis J. Casimir,
James D. Dowell, Clarence H. Wol-
liver, Louis E. Capt, Gus A. Wulf-
man, Ralph R. Vaught, Roy D.
Hickman, Phillip M. Orr and Allan
H. Hohlt.
Cadet Master Sergeants Jerry D.
Ramsey and Ferhlin E. Tutt will
act as recorders for the court.
A&M Appointments
Approved by Board
The following appointments
made by the president were con
firmed by the system board of di
rectors.
School of Agriculture
Agricultural economics and so
ciology, Nancy Randol, stenograp
her; agricultural education, Jean F.
Sheffield and Doris Lee Stalter,
stenographers; animal husbandry,
Marie Antony, stenographer-book-
keeper, halftime, General Tye
King, instructor, half-time; Ray L.
Kirchner, beef cattle herdsman,
Betty C. Rowland, stenographer;
dairy husbandry, Murray A. Brown,
instructor, temporary, Frederick G.
Hafland, research assistant, Elmer
D. McGlasson, ci’eamery superin
tendent % time, Patricia J. Mc
Leod, stenographer, Jo Ann Ste
wart, bookkeeper and sales lady
% time.
Floriculture and landscape archi
tecture, John W. MacQueen, in
structor and greenhouse superin
tendent; range and forestry, Pat
Lawrence, stenographer; wildlife
management, George K. Reid Jr.,
assistant professor; Barbara L.
Robinson, stenographer.
School of Arts and Sciences
Biology, R. Winson Menzel, in
structor; business administration,
Arch C. Baker and Charles B.
Ponder, graduate assistants, Do
lores Carroll and Helqn M. Hop
kins, stenographers; chemistry,
Arthur F. Isbell, AlLred F. Schram
and Henry Rakoff, assistant pro
fessors, Isidro Lopez, stockroom
keeper, Joy Rea, stenographer;
economics, William G. Modrow, in
structor.
English, John Q. Anderson,
Donald C. Baker, George G. Lake,
Terrence J. Mattern and Charles
Edward Noyes, instructors; geo
graphy, Jesse A. Wilson, in
structor; mathematics, Royal E.
Collins, instructor, Floyd P. Fol
som, teaching fellow, half-time;
modern languages, Edward C.
Breitenkamp, assistant professor,
Mary Lou Lassen, stenographer;
Oceanography, John P. Barlow, as
sistant professor, William P. Elliot,
instructor, one sixth time, Arnold
Henry Glaser, assistant professor,
one-sixth time, Archie Marion
Kahan, assistant professor one-
sixth time; physics, Nelsom M.
Duller, assistant professor and
Coleman M. Loyd, graduate as
sistant.
School of Engineering
Dean’s office, Iris Elliott, steno-
ghapher; architecture, Beverly S.
Millsap, stenographer; civil engi
neering, James C. Lerret, in
structor; industrial education, Clint
A. Bertrand, instructor; mechanical
engineering, Martha Thomas,
stenographer - typist and Nellie
Ruth Travis, bookkeeper - typist;
petroleum engineering, James W.
Amyx, assistant professor.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinai’y bacteriology and hy
giene, Eai'l E. Roth, instructor;
veterinary medicine and surgery,
John P. Davis Jr., instructor; vet-
terinary parasitology and pharma
cology, Mrs. H. K. Foster, steno
grapher; veterinary pathology,
Jean Kennedy, stenographer; ath
letic department, August M.
Michalske, football line coach new
position.
Basic division, Clay E. George,
reading clinician and instructor,
Robert E. Miller, psychometrist and
instructor, Muriel Elsie Richard,
stenographer and clerk; buildings
and campus utilities, Loretta Ce
cilia Lanicek, secretary, Rosa P.
Rezzoffi, assistant bookkeeper,
John T. Smith, painter foreman;
campus security, Emmett E. Fol
som, patrolman; care and mainten
ance of grounds, B. C. Huid Jr.,
maintenance superintendent; fiscal
office, Arrenia H. Ellis, book
keeper.
Hospital, Madylene Jennings,
general nurse; library, Susie K.
Albright, circulation department
head, Joy S. Baker, senior catalog
ing librarian, Theresa F. Brown,
typist-clerk, Betty D. Croit, Caro
lyn Judith Garretson and Alivia
Ann Weaver, catalogers, Ophelia
Me Gee, reference assistant; mili-
(See APPOINTMENTS, Page 4jfc