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Number 123: Volume 53
COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), Texas, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1953
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WRECK SCENE—A county sheriff inspects the car driven by John Sowell, 40, the veter
an’s hospital patient who was in a collision Saturday with a car driven by A&M student
Jimmie Hodges, 19, of Irving. Charles Arnold, 20, Herman (Gene) Tantzen, 20, and
Hodges are still hospitalized as a result of injuries received when the cars crashed. 11
miles north of Waco. Three other cadets were also passengers.
1‘hoto by Will Holliday
iWaco Hospital Expects
Cadet To Recover
Condition of Charles R. Arnold
»f Sherman, who was hospitalized
Saturday in Hillcrest hospital,
Waco, has improved, according to
hospital attendants there.
His condition is better and he is
expected to recover, they said.
Arnold was one of six A&M stu
dents injured in an automobile
accident 11 miles north of Waco
Saturday. Only three of the stu
dents are still hospitalized.
The other two students in the
hospital, Herman (Gene) Tantzen
of Beaumont, and Jimmie Hodges
National Guard
Unit Moves to
College Station
A company of the 36th In
fantry National Guard will be
looved to College Station Nov.
g.
The unit will be headquart
ers company for the 1st Battalion
of the 143rd infantry regiment.
First battalion commander is Lt.
Col. Taylor Wilkins, A&M’s as
sistant commandant.
Headquarters company is being
moved to College Station so 25 A&
M students who are members of
their home town National Guard
may continue their training. Local
boys may also enlist in the com
pany.
Anyone who enlists before he is
18% years old, attends 90 per cent
of the regular drills and attends
summer camp for two weeks is
exempted from the draft.
The company will drill once a
week for two hours. On this day,
members will receive a full day’s
pay. Summer camp will be at
North Fort Hood.
A modern quonset - hut type
armory is being constructed on
old highway 6 just south of Mar
ion Pugh Lumber company.
The company consists of an intelli
gence, a pioneer and ammunition,
and a communications platoon.
Courses in first aid, compass use,
map reading, assembly and dis
assembly of weapons, and main
tenance of equipment will be taught.
of Irving, were repoi’ted in good
condition. Robert J. Samples of
Muenster was released Monday.
“Arnold is improving, although
he feels pretty miserable,” Arnold’s
private nurse said. “He has re
ceived about six blood transfus
ions.”
Arnold received a broken pelvis,
severe groin cuts and a cut artery
in the accident. Tantzen has a back
injury and Hodges has a broken
collar bone.
Hospital attendants did not
know when the three students
would be released.
Peggy Lee
Not Coming
To Town Hall
Peggy Lee and Jan Garber
have been dropped from the
list of tentative programs
for this year’s Town Hall.
Frances Langford and Stan
Kenton now are being con
sidered for the Town Hall pro
gram.
The Lee and Garber pro
gram never was contracted,
said C. G. (Spike) White,
manager of student activities,
and the Langford and Kenton
show is only being consider
ed.
Some Non-Flying Air MOTG
Cadets May Get Commissions
mr -a-7 „ in "Others May
Many Classes
Honor System
Vote For
This Year
By FRANK HINES
Battalion Staff Writer
Many classes have voted this
semester to abide by A&M’s
scholastic honor system, which was
first tried during the spring semes
ter of 1953.
Other classes, according to How
ard W. Barlow, dean of engineer
ing, don’t know if the honor sys
tem is going to be in effect this
year and therefore have taken no
action.
First proposed in the fall of 1952
by the Student Engineers’ council,
the honor system was later recom
mended for school-wide adoption
by the Intercouncil committee,
which represents all college profes
sional and scholastic clubs.
The heart of the honor system
is the honor code, which in its
first sentence Says “We believe
that the students at this college
are honorable men who deplore the
actions of the liar, thief and cheat.”
In the School of Engineering last
year, 22 per cent of all sections
adopted the system. Eighty per
cent of the total ballots in all
sections favored the honor code.
On Barlow’s advice, each teacher
in the School of Engineering whose
class was under the honor system
asked his students to write a
paragraph on how they felt about
the system at the end of the
semester.
Here are some of the stu
dent’s comments.
“I believe the honor code is
good because it helps a man
Neivs Briefs
Quarterback Club Postponed
Weather Today
THE QUARTERBACK club will
not meet this week because of
schedule conflicts. The meeting is
set for next Monday at 7:30 p.m. in
the ballroom of the MSC.
FOR THE FOURTH week in a
row, diarrhea is leading the Col
lege - Bryan health report. There
are 20 cases in Bryan and 9 in
College Station. Strep throat is
still • second on the list, with 13,
cases, 7 in College Station and 6 in
Bryan.
* * *
DR. GRADY P. PARKER of the
education and psychology depart-
rqent will attend the National
Science Teachers Association con
ference Oct. 8-10 in Boulder, Colo.
He will serve as chairman of a
discussion group on “Improving
Science Instruction through Teach
er Education in Science.”
KIWANIS CLUB Texas - Okla
homa district convention will be
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in
Houston. It is not yet known who
will represent the College Station
Kiwanis club at the meeting.
$}c
DR. ROBERT JACOBS, former
Basic Division instructor, will go to
Ethiopia soon under the Point
Four program to establish test
ing programs for schools and col
leges. Jacobs is now with the Edu
cation Reference bureau in New
York.
MISS GLADYS MARTIN, state
home demonstration agent, will
speak Wednesday to members of
an extension methods class taught
by Ben Cook of the school of Agri
culture she will speak on the work
relationship between county agents
and home demonstration agents.
THE QUARTERLY meeting of
the Sam Houston area council of
the Boy Scouts of America will be
held at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday at the
Second Baptist church in Houston.
A dinner, committee reports and
entertainment have been planned.
* * *
THE STATIONERY donated
last year by the State Federation
of A&M Mothers Clubs is still
available in the Memorial Student
Center. The stationery can be ob
tained at the MSC main desk by
any student.
* * *
TWELVE A&M system secre-
CLEAR
Clear today and tomorrow.
.Slightly warmer tomorrow. High
yesterday 82. Low this morning
60. High today 85. Expected low
tonight 50 to 55.
Presbyterian Couples
Classes Meet Saturday
Two couples classes of the A&M
Presbyterian church will meet for
a joint social and covered dish
supper at 6 p. m. Saturday at the
church.
Classes will be the Seekers class,
taught by Mrs. J. C. Miller, and
Newlyweds and Dates class, taught
by Mrs. Joe Cambell.
taries met Monday with Miss Zelda
Ramsey, head of secretarial train
ing at Arlington state college, to
discuss the secretarial training
program now being held here. Be
tween them, the 12 secretaries
have a total of 216 years of ex
perience with the system, an aver
age of 18 years apiece.
* * *
MARTHA ERGLE, former A&M
Consolidated head yell leader, was
interviewed last Thursday at the
University of Texas, where she is
now a freshman, for a position on
a student government committee
Mexican Art Show
On Display in MSC
increase his own honor and
confidence in himself. These
are very necessary after he
graduates.”
* * *
“I think the honor system is
very definitely needed at A&M
but I believe it should be
adopted by a three - fourths
or a two-thirds majority.”
* * *
“I personally thing the
honor system adopted by this
class is one of the finest things
to come to students of A&M.”
=1! * *
“The honor system has given
me a feeling of being more at
ease while taking a quiz, be
cause the teacher is not con
stantly looking to see if we are
cheating. It also gives us more
freedom to get a Coke or
smoke.”
* * *
“Even though I am flunking
this course, I still thing the
honor code has helped me, and
I think it would he good to
have in all courses.”
Many of the students mentioned
being more at ease while taking a
quiz as a big advantage of the
honor system. Written comments
from the teachers also indicated
that the system made their job
during quizzes much easier and
more pleasant.
This is how the A&M honor sys
tem works:
It is an entirely voluntary sys
tem. It cannot be imposed upon any
student or teacher because it can
only be adopted after unanimous
secret vote apprqves the system.
This means that the honor code
is adopted by the individual class
and not by the whole school.
The code does not require that
a student report another student,
but it does require him to report
cheating to the instructor.
The first step in adopting the
plan is for a student or group of
students to tell the teacher there
is a desire to consider adopting the
honor code.
Then the class discusses the
plan, making sure they know what
obligations are to be assumed and
what privileges will be extended.
The teacher, or some member of
the class, usually explains the sys
tem and its operation to the class.
After the discussion all mem
bers of the class and the teacher
vote by secret ballot. However,
only if the vote is unanimously in
favor of adoption, the plan becomes
effective.'
After the plan is adopted, the
students and teacher sign an honor
pledge. The student pledge reads,
“I will take no unfair advantage
of my fellow students or teacher,
and if I shall come to know of the
violation of any of these by a
fellow student in this class I will
make known to the teacher in
private the offense, but not the
offender, and leave to the discre
tion of the teacher any action that
shall be taken in continuing or
revoking the honor system in this
class.”
Ag Judging Team
Takes Top Honors
A&M’s dairy judging team
placed first in the Ayrshire breed
at the National Intercollegiate
Dairy Cattle Judging contest Oct.
4 in Waterloo, Iowa.
Coached by A. L. Darnell, pro
fessor in the dairy husbandry de
partment, the team placed 13th
in all breeds out of 33 teams com
peting.
High man on the team was Sid
ney Maxwell, dairy husbandry
major. Other men on the team and
the alternate were Gary Rosen-
bery, Bo Wheeler, and Joel Hillin.
Winning team of the contest was
from Ohio.
Enter AF
As A-2Cs
The air force was flying a
new policy formation today
which might give second lieu
tenants’ bars to some A&M
seniors not qualified for im
mediate commissions.
A new official order, just re
ceived by A&M’s air force ROTC
unit, states that a “very small’
number of seniors, not eligible for
flying or enrolled in a technical
course, will be commissioned.
This order applies to AFROTC
May graduates throughout the na
tion. It stated the number to be
commissioned had not been de
termined.
A previous order had stated
that no AFROTC cadet not study
ing a technical field or qualified
for flight training would be com
missioned upon graduating.
Can Enter Air Force
These students can enter the air
force as an airman 2nd class.
After two years of active duty,
they can receive a second lieuten
ant’s commission.
According to the new order,
chances for a commission will be
placed on a competitive basis. A
&M’s air force unit has received
no indication how many students
here will be affected by the policy
change.
The air force intends to give the
majority of commissions in May to
cadets planning to take flight
training.
Approximately 1,000 graduates
in technical courses throughout the
country will be commissioned.
All January garduates will get
a commission.
Extension
Appointees
Service
Named
The following appointments and
promotions made by the director of
the Agricultural Extension service
have been confirmed by the sys
tem board of directors.
Following are replacements: Le-
Jean Alexander, Mrs. Ruby A.
Campbell, Jessie Earl Condron,
Mrs. Lucy Lee Durham, Neva Joyce
Hall, Loretta Jean Henderson, Mrs.
By CHUCK NEIGHBORS
Battalion Managing Editor
A sparkling exhibit of Mexican
art breaks the usual appearance
of the Memorial Student Center’s
promenade and the show case^.
along the post office wall.
Among the outstanding ex
amples of Latin art on display is
“Nativity” by Jean Chariot. The
painting shows the madonna and
the Christ in a modem art set
ting.
Chariot’s handling of color and
the beauty which goes with it is
exciting.
“Beyond Despair” is a striking
painting showing the futility of
Mexican village life. Done by
Manuel Lozano, the oil is a study
in soft pastel colors. i
One of the most emotional paint
ings in the exhibit is “The Sob”
by David Siqueiros. Hung in the
center of the main showcase, “The
Sob” represents the nearly life
like tearing of a woman’s heart.
Raul Anguiano’s “Juggler” is a
richly colored picture of two circus
performers. The picture has a
strong hidden meaning as does the
“Orator”, a fantastic pictui*e of a
speaker waving his arms before a
group of cabbages lying on the
ground before him.
Done by Antonio Ruiz, the
“Orator” is one of the smallest
painting on exhibition.
The only outstanding abstract of
the show is the “Dancers of
Tlaxcala”, painted by Carlos
Merida. It is a bright study of two
dancers done in oranges, reds and
yellows.
This show will be in the MSC un
til Oct. 18 when it will be replaced
by a one -man exhibit of paintings
by Perry Nichols, Dallas artist.
Nichols was a judge at the MSC
art gallery committee’s exhibit last
spring. His show will also run for
two weeks until Oct. 31.
Mexican paintings on exhibit
now were loaned from private
owners, galleries and museums
from all over the United States.
“We’re indebted to Preston Bol
ton of the Houston Contemporary
Arts Association for help in ob
taining this exhibit for us,” said
Mrs. Emalita Newton, Terry, ad
visor to the art gallery committee.
Bolton is the son of former A&M
president F. C. Bolton.
Shepardson Speaks
At Tarleton State
Charles. N. Shepardson, dean of
agriculture, * will discuss transfer
problems with faculty members of
Tarleton State college there Fri
day.
He will also take part in a reg
ional workshop on English train
ing for technical students. The
workshop has a panel of specia
lists in technical fields to tell what
English training a student in that
field needs.
Dean Shepardson is on the panel
representating students in the
School of Agriculture,
Lois Hopper, Mrs. Ada Ruth Rank
in, Wanda Jo Roach, county home
demonstration agents; Sonja Y.
Alexander, Billie Jean Beavers,
Glenda Ruth Williams, assistant
county home demonstration agents
in training; Loyce E. Avant, Gloria
Ann Cabron, Mrs. Selma H. Har
mon, Jimmie Lee Sturdivant, Bet
ty Kate Turner, assistant county
home demonstration agents.
Mrs. Beth Caldwell, Mrs. Ann J.
Parker, Mrs. Shirley Smith, Mrs.
Jo Ann Yates, secretaries.
Tommie C. Duffie, Glenn B.
Dunkle, Wilfred O. Eckermann,
James Cecil Lewis, George G. Mc-
Bee, Jerry T. Mobly, Byron C.
Pierce, Berwin J. Terrell, Jack T.
Tompkins, Joe Stephen Wheeless,
Warren B. Woods, assistant coun
ty agricultural agents.
Jeanne DuPriest, Mrs. Ruth
Mabbett, Annie R. Payne, Betty
A. Ralph, stenographers.
Freeman M. Fuller, assistant
entomologist; Van B. Shaw, Hen
derson, Kahal L. Malone, Negro
county agricultural agents; Charles
Hensarling, poultry husbandry; as
sistant Shirley Kucera, Mrs. Mary
McCullough, Mrs. Evelyn Miller,
clei-ks; Kermit F. Schlamb, poultry
marketing specialist; Minnie Ruth
Walker, Negro county home dem
onstration agent.
Promotions: Sonja Y. Alexander,
Glenda Ruth Williams, to assistant
county home demonstration agents;
William J. Bryan, Jack Burkhalter,
Jack L. Carothers, Gilbert T.
Heideman, Charles W. Hudson,
Bert H. Johnson, Robert M. Led-
bettei - , William H. Goldston, to
county agricultural agents.
Mary Jo Garland, Vada Sue Mil
ligan, Rozelle Winston, Mary E.
Buell, Clara B. Redman, to county
home demonstration agents.
Bobbie Joe Griffin, Seymour L.
Mullins, to assistant county agri
cultural agent.
ROOF RAISING—More steel frames are added to the gird
ers which will support the roof of the new Physical Educa
tion building. The steel construction has been delayed by
a strike.
Sharks Hamper Whaling
Activities in Australia
Attacks by ravenous sharks ham
pered whaling activities in Austra
lian waters last season, reports the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Sharks were so bad o£f Point
Cloates that whales killed outside
the reef were more than half de
voured before they could be landed.
Eighty sharks were shot attacking
a single whale alongside a catcher
yessel.